About the Hartford Independent Media Center

Control of media has become more and more consolidated so that today, the vast majority of media outlets - newspapers, radio, film, publishing, television, and the interne- are owned by only 9 gigantic multinational corporations. The 9 corporations include Disney, AOL/Time Warner, Viacom, News Corporation, and Universal-Vivendi. Here in Connecticut, the Tribune Company, whose biggest assest include The Chicago Tribune and the LA Times, owns The Hartford Courant, The Advocate, WTIC TV, and the CW, as well as many internet sites. What obscene power! As a result, local news coverage has become less diverse, less concerned with the public interest, and often just nonexistent.

With corporate scandal, government corruption, war on terrorism, threats to civil liberties, and the sinking economy, the need for independent media has never been greater. The Hartford Independent Media Center (HIMC) is a diverse group of individuals, volunteering their time, united by the simple desire to provide the people of greater Hartford with alternative perspectives not covered by the mass media.

The Hartford Undercurrent is an open, voltunteer collective. We work to create a grassroots, non-hierarchical, anti-corporate forum for people to express themselves to be the "media". We exist in order to provide a real alternative.

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