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From Struggle to Embrace — TV’s Technological Conundrum
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Television is undoubtedly one of the most popular forms of mass media ever developed. While a #television set can have static, television itself is far from static. The medium has changed considerably since its inception and is bound to change even more in the near future.The Evolution of TVBack in 1948, only one in ten Americans had even seen a television set. TV’s popularity exploded shortly thereafter and in 1960, 70 million U.S. viewers tuned-in to watch Senator John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate. TV’s penetration continued. By the end of the 1980s, almost 53 million U.S. households subscribed to cable, while the number of cable networks increased from 28 in 1980 to 79 in 1989. Within the ensuing decade, the number of national (...)

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Oprah 2020? Democrats Swing From Giddy to Skeptical at the Prospect - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/us/politics/oprah-president-2020.html

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Rebecca Katz, a Democratic strategist from the party’s progressive wing, said it would be a mistake for Democrats to rush toward a magnetic personality rather than hashing out a compelling agenda for the midterm elections and beyond.

“Beating Trump isn’t just about finding the right candidate — we have to show what we stand for,” Ms. Katz said. “Other than ‘we all get a car,’ what will an Oprah presidency look like?” she added, referring to when Ms. Winfrey famously gave a car to every audience member at her show.

Ms. Winfrey’s sudden prominence in the nation’s political imagination speaks, in some respects, to the merging of politics and entertainment in the American mind. She has occupied a singular role in the television industry, parlaying roles as a local news anchor and a talk-show host in Chicago into a media empire that includes her own cable network and a fortune estimated at close to $3 billion. Gallup polling regularly finds Ms. Winfrey among the country’s most admired women, alongside Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.

Alixandria Lapp, a strategist helping lead Democrats’ effort to retake the House, said the profile of a media mogul outsider would be an uncomfortable match for the party.

“I think it’s highly unlikely that Democrats will ever nominate our own version of Donald Trump — a celebrity with no government experience — because our party tends to respect government and governing experience,” Ms. Lapp said.

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Time Warner eyes stake in Vice Media (#paywall)
FT | By Matthew Garrahan 09 June 2014
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#Time_Warner is finalising an investment in Vice Media that would value the maverick digital media and publishing group at more than $2bn, according to people familiar with the situation.

#Vice, which produces a news show for Time Warner’s #HBO cable network, operates some of the most popular channels on #YouTube and has succeeded in reaching millennial viewers that have drifted away from traditional media.

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