Mermigas on Media
My Take by Diane MermigasPress vs Trump: Precedent-setting First Amendment battle underway
Look for a precedent-setting legal case against the Trump administration that will blow open the lies, manipulation and underlying intent of what drives its relentless attacks on national security agencies, the judiciary, the press and now members of Congress. The New...
Bigger Questions Loom About Media in AT&T Time Warner Merger
One thing is for sure, pass or fail, the proposed AT&T/Time Warner merger will not go quietly. What would be one of the biggest industry deals ever will test all kinds of therories about the future of media, raising more questions than it answers . That glaring...
The Digital Information Gap We Never Ponder
It’s hard to believe in this day and age that not all information has been digitized. Not everything you search for on Google can be found. No one gives it much thought. Until now, the so-called “information gap” has been defined by the inaccessibility of digital...
Suzanne Wright: A Personal Legacy
At the end of our time on this good earth, who we were and what we did survive in words and deeds that can inspire and change the world. And so it was with Suzanne Wright, who passed away July 29 at age 69 from pancreatic cancer. I have known Bob and Suzanne Wright...
Turkey Coup and the Digital Revolution
Consider the role of digital and social media in the early phases of the attempted #Turkeycoup In the predawn hours Saturday, live streaming video from DHA Turkish TV revealed clashing military, political and civil factions. US news anchors and commentators waded...
The TV Colossus: Straddling Change
Taking in the annual cable industry conference the same week as the broadcast networks’ spring upfront ritual provided a stunning reminder of just how slowly television responds to feverishly-paced external change. More specifically: consumers’ full throttle embrace...
Fareed, Mark and the Donald Weigh in on Tech Bubbles and Lagging Start-ups
While billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump argued over tech bubbles and their economic impact, Fareed Zakaria weighed in on why start-ups from Silicon Valley and elsewhere are at a new low. In some...
Podcast: Digital Video Future According to Greenfield
You can hardly beat a cover story about your fearless prognostications on the digital media future. But veteran analyst Rich Greenfield did one better in a related podcast interview with Forbes correspondent Eric Jackson. Take a listen to the compelling podcast below:...
For Entrepreneurs Bob Wright and Steve Case, Past is Prologue
The “playbook for the future” Steve Case describes in his new book The Third Wave isn’t much different from the tactical plan Bob Wright discusses in his new memoir The Wright Stuff for reinventing NBC on cable and the Internet in the long shadow of General Electric...
Wright Stuff: The Interesting Case of Bob & Ted
Reporting on media's heady transformation and coauthoring The Wright Stuff have taught me a few things. For instance: the most savvy, well-intentioned chief executive can get in his own way. A colorful example of that was the test-of-wills meeting between General...
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