Category Archives: Chapter 9

Media Trends for 2011

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

E-books outselling print books, week after holidays – USA Today Perhaps 2011 will finally be the year of the E-book.  This week’s USA Today bestselling list will show that the E-book version of the top six books will have outsold … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Is this the year of 3D TV? Probably not.  And despite reports, last year wasn’t either. Does the world need a version of Huckleberry Finn without the “N-word” in it? Probably not. Though people have been looking for ways to … Continue reading →

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Holiday Potpourri

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Target takes an edgier approach in advertising to new moms Cute no longer cuts it.  New Target ad uses head, “I just had a 20-minute conversation with a stranger about nipples.”  Figuring out how to target (lower case) a narrow market … Continue reading →

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Digital Media News Roundup

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

WSJ’s Walter Mossberg says Google TV not yet ready for prime time. Google’s entry into the set-top box tries to merge Web video and television into a single universe.  He likes the idea, but says it isn’t a smoothly operating … Continue reading →

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Complete Rachel Maddow interview with Jon Stewart

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Last night MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow had a long interview with news satirist and critic Jon Stewart.  I’m going to have a lot more to say about this later, but in the mean time, here’s the complete, uncut interview.

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

What’s the most popular e-reader? HINT: It’s the one more people own – the laptop. How big is the e-book market? Forrester reports that it has hit $1 billion and will grow rapidly over the next three years.  It’s still … Continue reading →

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Articles You Need To Be Reading on the Future of Media Industry

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Mark Cuban – How Google TV could hand Netflix the entire streaming universe Mark Cuban made him self incredibly wealthy founding Broadcast.com, and he’s now best known as owner of the Dallas Mavericks.  He also has a lot of interesting … Continue reading →

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Rocky Horror Glee Reaction #2

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Debbie Deese Linder is a former student of mine from my West Virginia days.  She is in her 40s, is a lesbian in a committed relationship, and has been a hard core Rocky fan since the mid 1980s.  Here’s her reaction … Continue reading →

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Rocky Horror Glee Reaction #1

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

I posted my reaction to preview materials of the Rocky Horror Glee Show last week, and nothing I saw during the episode changed my opinion.  But I’m an old guy who used to go to Rocky Horror Picture Show when … Continue reading →

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Rocky Horror Glee Show – Everything from the margin moves to the center

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

The ever-popular Fox show choir series Glee is doing a Rocky Horror themed Halloween episode next week.  As a long time Rocky fan, I’m both pleased and dismayed.  Pleased, because I think Rocky is good, campy fun and could fit … Continue reading →

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