Tag Archives: viacom

Media giants doing the come together/separation dance

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Ralph Hanson

Where have I been? Busy end of the semester and then a fair bit of traveling with family and on the motorcycle. Still have a fair amount of travel coming up, but will try to keep up better here. Warner … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

Are radically fewer people watching the Olympics this year?  The simple answer is no. The more complex answer is, “What do you mean by watching?” As University of Main media historian Dr. Michael Socolow writes today in Slate, obviously the traditional … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

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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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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