Marcel Waldvogel<p>25 years ago, <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Bertelsmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bertelsmann</span></a>, <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Springer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Springer</span></a>, and <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> didn't want to see their expansion plans curbed. The concentration is part of the problem.</p><p>«“These deliberations in the European Commission fill me with great concern,” the German chancellor wrote to Santer, a fellow Christian Democrat, on June 6, 1997. “If they were to be realised, this would lead to massive interference in the established media structure of the Federal Republic of Germany.”»</p><p>(Free, reg. req., aka ✉️🧱) <a href="https://www.ftm.eu/articles/helmut-kohl-gave-europes-media-barons-a-free-pass" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ftm.eu/articles/helmut-kohl-ga</span><span class="invisible">ve-europes-media-barons-a-free-pass</span></a></p>