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Tomorrow’s Washington Post Front Page

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

The news started breaking on Twitter this afternoon that there was a big meeting coming up at at the Washington Post today.  Not long after word came that Amazon founder and space memorabilia collector Jeff Bezos had purchased the paper for … Continue reading →

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Continuing to Learn From Your Mistakes

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

F-bombing anchor A.J. Clemente lost his job at NBC’s Bismarck, North Dakota affiliate last week for his ill-advised comments on an open microphone.  But then his flub went viral on the Internet. So now he’s getting interviewed on NBC’s Today … Continue reading →

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Learning From Your Mistakes – North Dakota Edition

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

So by now just about everyone has seen the video of A.J. Clemente having a really bad first night on the air at KFYR-TV in Bismarck, North Dakota.  The newly minted West Virginia broadcasting grad was reportedly practicing pronouncing the … Continue reading →

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Are mandatory cable channel bundles good or bad for consumers?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been a lot of talk lately as to whether some form of a la carte pricing on cable would be good or bad for consumers.  The idea here is that we get big bundles of channels from our cable … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Hawaii passes Steven Tyler Act Would ban “unwanted photos or videos of others in private moments.”  Nice idea, but do celebs really get the right to say “pay attention to me now, but not now”? How Sen. Rand Paul used … Continue reading →

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Comcast completing purchase of NBCUniversal from GE years ahead of schedule

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

The transition of NBCUniversal from being owned primarily by General Electric to Comcast had been expected to be an extended process, with the cable and phone giant gradually acquiring the entertainment company’s stock.  But that changed this week with the … Continue reading →

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Disney Princesses – Evil or Sweet?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Ever wonder what an Evil Disney Little Mermaid might be like?  How about Cinderella as a pumpkin head?  Of course, there’s always sweet re-imagining of Disney princesses as well, but what’s the fun in that?

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Link Ch. 3 – News Corporation Splitting in Two

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

In the summer of 2012, News Corporation announced that it was planning to split the company in two.  One company would be devoted to publishing, the other to film and television.  Watch this space for updates.

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Link Ch. 2 & 3 – Who are the owners?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Although this is talked about in-depth in Chapter 3, we do discuss the effects of media owners in Chapter 2.  Here’s a quick collection of links to tell you more about several of the dominant media companies: Disney Corporation News … Continue reading →

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