The United States media system has entered a period of intense change: the number of channels, and thus of competitors, is multiplying; the boundaries between media sectors are blurring; economic resources and power over the flow of information are shifting into the hands of the tech giants.
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The United States has no press councils. Accountability of broadcast license-holders is the responsibility of the Federal Communication Commission, though it is weak in the current period, when the license-renewal process no longer provides significant opportunity to contest licenses.