Editing Media proprietor (section)

==History==
In the United States, newspaper proprietors first became prominent in the 19th century with the development of mass circulation newspapers. In the 20th century, proprietorship expanded to include ownership of radio and television networks, as well as film studios, publishing houses, online platforms, and other forms of multimedia companies. Reflecting this, the term "press baron" was replaced by "media baron" and the term "media mogul" (or "Hollywood mogul" when applied to people specifically working in the [[Cinema of the United States|American film industry]]) was popularized in [[colloquial]] English.  Media proprietors are likely to claim that their publications are [[Editorial independence|editorially independent]] and unbiased, but this is often questioned.<ref name="Hanretty">{{cite journal |last1=Hanretty |first1=Chris |title=Media outlets and their moguls: Why concentrated individual or family ownership is bad for editorial independence |journal=European Journal of Communication |date=27 March 2014 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=335–350 |doi=10.1177/0267323114523150 |s2cid=53710900 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323114523150 |access-date=23 June 2022 |issn=0267-3231}}</ref> Social networking services such as [[Facebook]] are sometimes considered media companies due to their widespread influence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuckerberg-appears-to-finally-admit-facebook-is-a-media-company|title=Mark Zuckerberg appears to finally admit Facebook is a media company|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=13 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819164154/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuckerberg-appears-to-finally-admit-facebook-is-a-media-company}}</ref>