studying the media ecosystem
Humble pie ranks high on the menu at Microsoft these days. Once feared as the monopolist of personal computing, it now seems less fearsome, even pathetic at times, alongside that ambitious aggregation of algorithms which is Google. But while Microsoft may roaring less frequently, it has not lost its fangs nor the taste for meat. [...]
Slow leak is the metaphor oft used to describe the U.S. newspaper industry today. Now an Economist’s article titled, “More Media, Less News,” suggests this flattening affect is at least a trans-Atlantic phenomenon. But a slow leak is better than a blowout. Here is one sobering snippet that captures the industry’s challenge while suggesting there [...]
It’s the Monday morning of the Labor Day weekend, one of my favorite holidays of the year, right after Thanksgiving, and the block on which I live is quiet after the block party that brought out many of the neighbors and all of their children for a day of community and fun. I tried to [...]
Unable to get the Pentagon, the Congress or mass media to pay attention to his allegations that Lockheed did shoddy work on a government contract, former Lockheed engineer Michael De Kort aired a video on YouTube to publicize his complaints — which started a ripple effect of media attention. If you’ll bear with me I’ll [...]
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