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Although the Internet has become ubiquitous, hardly anybody has a clear picture of its economic, political and technical hierarchies. Understanding this major technological development enables to gain an idea of the socio-economic powers structuring the Internet. World-Information.Org investigates the common legend that the Internet is highly decentralized and diversified and therefore not easily controllable and provides an assessment of the architectural properties of this network. It aims at making transparent the  global communication structures and the technical Infostructure in the context of its invested interest.
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Viacom
One of the largest and foremost communications and media conglomerates in the
world. Founded in 1971, the present form of the corporation dates from 1994 when Viacom Inc., which owned radio and television stations and cable television programming services and systems, acquired the entertainment and publishing giant Paramount Communications Inc. and then merged with the video and music retailer Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. Headquarters are in New York City.
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