In a move that may spell the end of a French media giant, Jean-Marie Messier, the architect who built the utility company Vivendi into a multimedia powerhouse, resigned as the head of the company Tuesday.

Big media groups have continued to grow as the Federal Communications Commission and the courts roll back rules that once kept such companies from merging. What will this consolidation mean for consumers? Terence Smith reports.

The chairman and CEO of NBC, and vice chairman of its parent company, General Electric, reflects on changes in FCC rules and how consolidation will affect the growth of the television industry.

Stories from almost all of The Washington Post's staff reporters appeared without bylines Wednesday as part of a writers' union protest against a contract offer by the newspaper's management.