MAZER Wolfgang PSI Media in the United-‐States Milestones: Newspaper, magazines and radios creation: The US media's freedom is guaranteed by the first Amendment that forbids censorship. Most US newspapers are in broadsheet format and divided into sections regarding their topics. 1996: The World The leading newspaper: -‐The New York Times: its headquarters were in NY on Times Square. It focuses on political, economic and international news. The NYT company also owns several dailies, televisions and radio stations. It has been awarded 113 Pulitzer prizes. -‐The Washington Post: it became well-‐known by exposing the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation -‐The Wall Street Journal: it's the second most read paper in the States and is owned by the Dow Jones company. Its different sections cover US and international corporate news, political and economic events, money and investing, new developments in health and technology. It's a conservative newspaper. -‐Los Angeles Times: it's composed of 6 sections main news, California, business, sports, calendar and classified. It has been awarded 35 Pulitzer prizes. -‐USA today: it is distinguished by its straightforward style and has often been called McPaper. 1966: The Freedom of 1851: The New York Times 1877: The Washington Post 1889: The Wall Street Journal 1881: Los Angeles Times 1923: Time 1933: Newsweek 1948: US News and World Report 1983: Public Radio International Information Act The Leading weeklies: -‐Time: the leader of magazines with information on everything (economics, politics, science and technology, education, health, ...) -‐Newsweek: owned by the WP company. It has a worldwide circulation. -‐US news and World Report: it gives a succinct summary of all national and international events and publishes an annual ranking of American colleges and universities. The Federal Communication Commission oversees close to 14,000 radio stations. About 84% are devoted to music and the 16% left for news. Listener represents 34% of non-‐commercial public radio's revenue, corporate underwriting 25% and 13% from Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Famous news radios: National Public Radio, Public Radio International and The World. The source comes from major press agencies, American's ones are: Associated Press and United Press International. Most editors usually try to be the most objective without distorting any facts. No newspaper or press agencies are owned by the government and they all respect The Freedom of Information Act which is the pillar of American press.