Category Archives: Chapter 10

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Can a $60 Roku box replace basic cable? Now that it has Hulu Plus for $10 a month?  Maybe. Who is using mobile media devices and how do they feel about advertising on them? iPad users skew younger and male, … Continue reading →

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10/10/10 New Media Conference in Omaha

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

The Omaha 10-10-10 Conference is a three-day event looking at the full range of communication technology developed during the first decade of the 21st Century.  The event will run Saturday, Oct. 9th through Monday, Oct. 11 on the University of … Continue reading →

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More on Sulzberger and NY Times Leaving Print

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Yesterday I gave a link to a brief comment about NY Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. talking about ending the printed version of the newspaper, and how this was old news.  The NY Observer has a better story on it … Continue reading →

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Sulzberger Has Been Promising for 11 Years To End Printing of NY Times

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Mediaite reports today that NY Times publisher and chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has announced that “We will stop printing the New York Times Sometime in the Future.”  He made the statement at the WAN-IFRA’s 9th International Newsroom Summit in London. … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Who’s using mobile phones the most? And what are they using them for?  A great look at demographic data on mobile phone calling and texting from NielsenWire. I know what you want, but what do you need? How badly do … Continue reading →

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Comic Books, Copyrights and Changing Media

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

As I noted yesterday, comic writer Mark Waid upset the comic world over the weekend with his keynote speech at the Harvey Awards (for excellence in comics).  Although I cannot find a transcript or video of his speech at the … Continue reading →

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Media are Evolving – Part II

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Yesterday I posted a blog entry about how old media are changing to respond to new technology and new demands from audiences.  Today, I’ve got a couple of followups to these stories: Wired’s Chris Anderson discusses “Web is Dead” Chris … Continue reading →

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New Media Are Scary Dept. – Media Are Evolving, Not Going Extinct

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

We get a lot of proclamations about the future of media, many of which involve the death of one particular medium or another.  For example, a week or two ago Wired magazine ran a story proclaiming that “The Web is … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

How are reporters covering/exploiting/abusing the Manhattan Mosque controversy? The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz covers the full range of stories on this.  And here are some interesting political cartoons on the subject as well. Should mobile media devices be required to … Continue reading →

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