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It’s been a week since I first read about the new media consumption survey from the University of Mississippi and it it feels even more relevant today, in light of the reaction of the White House Correspondents’ dinner incident than it did even a week ago. You can read it here. The survey goes into … Continued
It’s amazing that I’m still in meetings in 2026 hearing someone say, when discussing the continued splintering of the media audience “Well, Walter Cronkite isn’t bringing us together anymore.” Cronkite’s last broadcast was March 6, 1981. I’m in the waning months of living in the “coveted” 25-54 age demographic and I was 9 years old … Continued
One week ago, Americans woke up to a jarring reality. Our country was at war with Iran, announced via a video by the President of the United States, distributed on a social media platform owned by the President of the United States. It has begged many questions and in the week since, as those questions … Continued
There’s so much that could be written about here now that’s affecting communications and media. For starters: -The President of the United States is suing the Wall Street Journal in a case filed for “damages” that somehow were incurred within 24 hours. -With threats by that President, Congress followed the playbook in Project 2025 and … Continued
Uncertainty reigns in communications right now as we keep concurrent eyes on the big factors of how we make a living: audience trends, revenue, technology and, for the first time, policies and actions of the federal government. Sure, we can postulate, as I did a few weeks ago when trying to provide insight on how … Continued
Somehow, for the past 20 years, no matter how choppy things get in the media business, the water has been inviting, calm and warm, relatively speaking, in the PR business. But it sure seems like 2025 is going to be the year when change is going to catch up to the PR business. There are … Continued