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Portuguese media: new forms of concentration∗ Helena Sousa Universidade do Minho 1994 Table of contents past, the present levels of concentration of ownership, and especially of control, are still 1 Introduction 1 undesirable. 2 Brief overview of the portuguese me- The media are disseminators of particu- dia system 2 larly sensitive commodities: information, 3 Development of media concentration ideas, opinions. Power over the media in Portugal 4 should not be limited to a small group of in- 4 Media groups and recent policies 6 dividual or institutional actors. In a demo- 5 Conclusion: the rationale for concen- cratic society, no one should have excessive tration 11 power, since it might be used in one’s benefit 6 Bibliography 13 at the expense of the general public. Because of the political and sociological relevance of 1 Introduction the media commodity, levels of concentra-