Big Media

Is Big Media Dying, or Is It Reinventing?

Daniel Burrus | Posted 05.09.2012

Daniel Burrus

We tend to think that the old technology is completely dead, but that usually isn't the case. Rather, the old technology gets repurposed and integrated to add value to the future.

How Big Media Sees and Defines the Digital Explosion

Renee Blodgett | Posted 04.09.2012

Renee Blodgett

How we tell stories is not linear, so what will emerge to transform storytelling in the face of new media? How much value -- real or perceived -- does vinyl have today when digital is winning because of convenience?

Citizens Inundated

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.27.2012

Timothy Karr

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision has already picked a winner in the 2012 elections: TV broadcasters.

"What Really Happened" at Time Magazine?

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Carnes

When Time reports on other iconic thieves, like Bernie Madoff, they most often take a victim's perspective. Why, then, do they always take the thieves' and looter's perspective when it comes to Internet piracy?

Audience Atomization Overcome: Why the Net Erodes the Authority of the Press

Jay Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Jay Rosen

Sometimes the people the press thinks of as deviant types are closer to the sphere of consensus than the journalists who are classifying those same people as "fringe."

How Big Media Misses the Biggest Stories and Some More Stories They Will Miss

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Shapiro

We are in trouble unless we have an honest inquiry and discussion on the big issues of our time -- and they all come down to money and priorities.

Celine Dion is Stalking You

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Timothy Karr

The Local Community Radio Act would unleash the potential of new music for millions of listeners across the country. The bill tasks Washington with licensing thousands of Low Power FM radio stations (known in radio geekdom as LPFM).

Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.