solutions to media ownership

Over time I’ve been exploring the ideas of media ownership and how propaganda can be used for good. It’s raised serious questions regarding freedom of speech which I’ve tried but not entirely succeeded to dismiss. And so I present some more solutions to this problem.
A disadvantage of a media industry influenced by capitalism is that it becomes a tool of the free market. A disadvantage of state ownership of media is that it becomes a tool of the state and we end up with the same regrettable situation as if media were owned by large corporations: the artist loses and free expression is supressed.
In my last post I hinted at

Some anarchic system where anyone could create and consume media and the role of the state would be only to facilitate this, by providing accommodation, food and the materials needed to create media.

Since then I’ve had the opportunity to go over that idea with an anarchist and ask them exactly what they thought would be an ideal situation. They replied that one must look at the situation in a broader context, to imagine a society free of the influences of both capital and state, and within that society artists would be truly free. And I suppose they’re right in that anarchy is like a step after communism; after the influence of capital is gone then the influence of the state can also be slowly rolled back.

And my second solution was obvious, pointed out to me by Andrew Tindall after I asked him whether it was wise to nationalise everything including the media. He replied “well, we’ve got the Beeb”. The BBC could quite easily expand as one big platform which allocates funding according to it’s public service remit.

While researching I came across this fact, which I feel might come in handy later: it’s estimated that Fox News alone gathered 566.9 Million dollars in advertising revenue in 2008. Which is a lot of money.
I feel there should be a picture of some kind accompanying this article, so here’s a totally unrelated screenshot of a rabbit in a field. It’s from Lugaru HD:

I’m learning a lot by looking at ways the ‘creative industries’ could be structured, but it’s wearing me out so this is probably the last you’ll hear about it for a while.