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Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee do Promo for Washington Post iPad App

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson
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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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NPR, Fox, & Juan Williams

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE 2: Full segment from Fox for Juan Williams comments. UPDATE: Jon Stewart weighs in on the Juan Williams dust-up. Here’s a round up of stories covering the endless debate over NPR firing news commentator Juan Williams and the role … 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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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Will Netflix offer a “streaming only” subscription? Sounds like it’s coming. Netflix now has 16.9 million subscribers according to the company’s earnings report out today. Are readers capable of being civil in the online comment sections of media sites? Apparently … Continue reading →

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John Hockenberry Interview from C-SPAN

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

This interview with journalist John Hockenberry is one of my favorites from C-SPAN’s old Booknotes series.  It’s now available through the C-SPAN video archives.  A great story about living with disability, and a great series of stories from an interesting … Continue reading →

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Twitter for Reporting

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

As a followup to the Omaha 10/10/10 conference on the future of digital media, my depth reporting class talked a bit about using Twitter as a reporting tool.  My first exposure to the idea came from a 2008 On The … Continue reading →

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