Do you see an impact by big media companies being more involved with the design and overall presentation of web sites?

Is big media having a significant impact on the presentation and design of today's web sites? taking control away from the techies? (more presentation focus, more marketing, less focus on functionality and innovation). How would you like to get involved with a company that understands the new focus and is working towards delivering on the full potential of marketing aspects of web sites?

and I was more then surprised and impressed with the answers (all private, so I won't share)...another indicator that some social sites do work, are effective and provide valuable return on effort (ROE)...........LinkedIn Score 1......FaceBook/MySpace Score 0