Journalism should serve the public, he argued, no one else. Ben Bagdikian, one of the nation’s foremost media critics, died in 2016 at age 96. He left behind warnings about concentration in […]
Bagdikian was right: Don’t allow media to concentrate
When is sharing a password a federal crime? And when isn’t it?
By Carole McNall I glanced at the sexy headline: Sharing your Netflix password is now a federal crime, court rules. Intrigued, I read the story. Then I read the court case, United […]
A Millennial’s struggle: Cutting through Netflix’s noise
By Whitney Downard Hello, my name is Whitney and I’m addicted to Netflix. Netflix, as a company, has only existed since 1997. Streaming on Netflix began in 2007, according to company website. […]
Netflix blunders symptomatic of more than greed and arrogance
Netflix was subjected to a firestorm of criticism for peremptorily changing policy and introducing a product before its time.
The Tech Curmudgeon – "Technology" means more than gadgets, people
There’s a world of technology beyond gadgets, games, and geeks, people. S&R’s Tech Curmudgeon rails on the asinine nature of today’s so-called “technology” reporting.
Apple rents movies – and crickets chirp
Apple recently announced that they’d be renting movies via their iTunes service. As a result, I’ve started seeing analysts saying that this was going to make Apple even more dominant than they […]
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