{"id":3342,"date":"2003-08-01T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2003-08-01T19:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2008-10-14T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T15:03:17","slug":"the-prime-minister-and-the-press-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/the-prime-minister-and-the-press-market-share\/3342\/","title":{"rendered":"Info-graphic: Market Share?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TV Ownership and Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/television_01.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3343 aligncenter\" title=\"television_01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/television_01.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>As a businessman, Silvio Berlusconi built the largest media empire in Italy, making him a billionaire and the wealthiest man in the nation. As prime minister, Berlusconi exerts influence on RAI, the public (and, until the 1980s, Italy&#8217;s only) broadcaster; his ruling coalition controls both RaiUno and RaiDuo, and RaiTre is not beyond his reach. As a result, Berlusconi&#8217;s potential influence on the media is unprecedented among modern democracies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/television_01.gif\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newspaper and Magazine Ownership and Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/bottom_graph.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3344 aligncenter\" title=\"bottom_graph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/bottom_graph.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\nWhile Silvio Berlusconi&#8217;s personal holdings of daily newspapers are limited, the same cannot be said of his family. His brother Paolo, owns IL GIORNALE; his wife, Veronica, owns IL FOGLIO, whose influence extends well beyond its limited readership; and Mondadori, of which Silvio&#8217;s Mediaset is a majority shareholder, owns AVVENIRE. All the numbers below reflect daily circulation except for the weekly PANORAMA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/bottom_graph.gif\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Ownership and Control As a businessman, Silvio Berlusconi built the largest media empire in Italy, making him a billionaire and the wealthiest man in the nation. 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