The collapse of big media: Starting over
05/05/05
It's premature to write an obituary, but there's no question that America's news media -- the newspapers, newsmagazines, and television networks that people once turned to for all their news -- are experiencing what psychologists might call a major life passage. They've seen their audiences shrink, they've had to worry about vigorous new competitors, and they've suffered more than a few self-inflicted wounds -- scandals of their own making. They know that more and more people have lost confidence in what they do. To many Americans, today's newspaper is irrelevant, and network news is as compelling as whatever is being offered over on the Home Shopping Network. Maybe less...
http://tinyurl.com/dpc4q
from Center For Individual Freedom, by Terry Eastland
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
It's premature to write an obituary, but there's no question that America's news media -- the newspapers, newsmagazines, and television networks that people once turned to for all their news -- are experiencing what psychologists might call a major life passage. They've seen their audiences shrink, they've had to worry about vigorous new competitors, and they've suffered more than a few self-inflicted wounds -- scandals of their own making. They know that more and more people have lost confidence in what they do. To many Americans, today's newspaper is irrelevant, and network news is as compelling as whatever is being offered over on the Home Shopping Network. Maybe less...
http://tinyurl.com/dpc4q
from Center For Individual Freedom, by Terry Eastland
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Mai, 10:24
