Category Archives: Chapter 3

Guest Blog Post: Disney+ The Future of Content Ownership?

Editor’s Note: A little over a year ago, I asked Dr. Amber L. Hutchins, Associate Professor of Communication at Kennesaw State University, if she would be willing to write something for my blog about all the changes taking place at Disney … Continue reading

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Bob Iger, who grew Disney into world’s most powerful entertainment company, is stepping down

Disney has immensely transformed over the last 20 years. In the late twentieth century, the company was best known for children’s programming, theme parks, and cruise ships as well as owning the ABC television broadcast network and ESPN family of … Continue reading

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Media Twitter: TikTok, ViacomCBS, Libel, and Marie Colvin

Just a quick round up of what’s been of interest to me on Twitter this week. On Tuesday, a German publication proved TikTok was suppressing videos by queer, disabled, and fat creators. On Wednesday, TikTok admitted it and announced it … Continue reading

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Biggest bias in the media? Making Money! (China Edition)

I know, I know, the big news lately that everyone’s been paying attention to is the presidential impeachment investigation here in the US. But there actually is a lot of other news going on, including protests in Hong Kong about … Continue reading

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Viacom and CBS, following years of drama, finally to reunite

Tweet from CNN entertainment and media reporter CBS and Viacom may finally be getting back together again after a lengthy on-again, off-again relationship. Although they are currently two separate corporations with separate stocks, the ownership and management of the two … Continue reading

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Why local news matters: Down in the flood edition

I’ve written on a variety of occasions how much local news matters – news from a local newspaper, television station, radio station; the importance of broadcasters having a local physical presence along with local ownership if at all possible. We … Continue reading

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Legacy News Vs. Google – Is the battle as clear as it seems?

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the interaction/exploitation/mismanagement among legacy media and the social media companies.  Here are a couple ofl articles/threads that do a good job of dealing with the issues: Google Made $4.7 Billion From the … Continue reading

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Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: Five Years Later

This week I’m at the Western Social Science Association annual conference. I’m giving a presentation looking at what has happened to Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post since the Amazon billionaire bought the paper five and a half years ago. Rather than … Continue reading

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Thinking about 40+ years of Star Wars

The new Star Wars trailer dropped online today, and my social media have been blowing up with a wide range of friends and acquaintances squeeing loudly about it (and a few grumbling).  Some have been sobbing quietly in the corner. … Continue reading

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Questions Worth Asking – Journalism Edition

How does local television news change when Sinclair Broadcast Group buys a station? As shared by Prof. Jay Rosen, a paper being published Gregory J. Martin and Joshua McCrain in American Political Science Review shows that “news coverage tilts more … Continue reading

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