-
Recent Posts
Tags
- 9/11
- advertising
- apple
- Because I can
- books
- C-SPAN
- ch07Movies
- copyright
- Disney
- ethics
- first amendment
- global media
- Hamilton
- ipad
- legal issues
- long tail media
- magazines
- media bias?
- media business
- media law
- MLK
- mobile media
- mobile phones
- motorcycle
- motorcycles
- movies
- music
- National Parks Tour
- news
- newspapers
- North to the Yukon
- photography
- politics
- pre-class video
- public relations
- questions
- Secret 3
- Secret 4
- social media
- Star Wars
- Super Bowl
- television
- travel
- Truth 4
Blog Post Categories
Posts Archived by Year/Month
Old Blog Features
Author Archives: Ralph Hanson
Travels with Putt Putt: ‘Oh thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
Comments Off on Travels with Putt Putt: ‘Oh thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’
Travels with Putt Putt: A Visit to Abbey Country
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, Edward Abbey, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
Comments Off on Travels with Putt Putt: A Visit to Abbey Country
How do we remember Anthony Bourdain?
I’m rarely at a loss for words, as 15 years of this blog will show. But when chef and Parts Unknown TV travel host Anthony Bourdain took his own life a year ago, I was at a total loss for words. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 9, Food
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, food, Parts Unknown, suicide prevention
Comments Off on How do we remember Anthony Bourdain?
Travels with Putt Putt: Would you ride 1,500 miles for lunch?
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. So … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycle, Putt Putt, Ride To Eat, RTE, Sehnert's
6 Comments
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
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 3, Chapter 6
Tagged Google, news, social media
Comments Off on Legacy News Vs. Google – Is the battle as clear as it seems?
Is the magazine industry dying? Some thoughts.
Meredith sells Sports Illustrated intellectual property to Authentic Brands Group When Meredith Corp. bought out Time Inc. a year ago, the speculation was that the Better Homes & Gardens publisher would sell off all of the newsy magazines and just … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 5
Tagged magazines, media change, motorcycles
Comments Off on Is the magazine industry dying? Some thoughts.
Disney and other major studios getting cold feet about “Y’allywood”
The state of Georgia is a major location for filming big-budget movies with a government willing to hand out substantial tax credits to studios and a large movie production infrastructure (thanks in part to African American movie mogul Tyler Perry). … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 8
Tagged boycotts, Georgia, movies
Comments Off on Disney and other major studios getting cold feet about “Y’allywood”
Some people really don’t like how Game of Thrones is ending
The HBO series Game of Thrones, based the A Song of Fire and Ice novels by George R.R. Martin, comes to an end tonight after eight seasons. Although individual episodes have been controversial, the series as a whole has been … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Some people really don’t like how Game of Thrones is ending
Everyone’s Gone To The Movies – Avengers Endgame Edition
NOTE: There are no specific details (spoilers) about the film or its ending in this blog post. But really, if you are planning on seeing the movie, see it before reading anything else about it. Avengers Endgame makes a boatload … Continue reading
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
Posted in Chapter 3, Chapter 6
Tagged David Pecker, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, labor relations, Washington Post, WSSA 2019
Comments Off on Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: Five Years Later