Media & Society
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Media History, Media Mergers, Media & Politics,
Broadcast Media, Digital Media, Entertainment Media,
Social Influence, Business Impacts, etc.

Media Powerhouse “Empire Newhouse” 1920s-2012 From newspapers & magazines to Reddit.com, Newhouse has become a cultural power.		Media Maverick “Ted Turner & CNN” 1980s & 1990s Media pioneer shook up the industry with “all news” cable TV.
Media & The Web “Google & Gaga” 2011 Google’s Lady Gaga TV ad illustrates larger media reach & powers to come.		Advertising & Culture “The iPod Silhouettes” 2000-2011 Apple’s iPod ad campaign imprints cultural imagery in media around the world.
Public Affairs Media “Brian’s Song” 1977-2012 Brian Lamb creates C-SPAN; opening a new window on politics & public affairs.		Media Critique “Max Headroom” 1984-1988 Fun-loving Sci-Fi show offered a sharp critique of TV biz & ratings game.
TV & Civil Rights “When Harry Met Petula” April 1968 Pet Clark & Harry Belafonte made civil rights history challenging a Chrysler v. p.		TV & Politics “The Frost-Nixon Biz” 1977-2009 The multi-media cottage industry that followed the Frost/Nixon interviews.
Politics & Television “The Kefauver Hearings” 1950-1951 Televised Senate hearings brought Mafia figures into American homes.		Music & The Media “Beatles in America” 1963-1964 “Beatlemania” in America had full attention of print & electronic media.
Media Mergers “Newsweek Sold!” 1961 The deal-making & players behind the Washington Post acquisition of Newsweek.		Sports Media “All Sports, All the Time” 1978-2008 The history of ESPN and the rise of the “all-sports” cable television business.
Media Promotion “The Jackson Statues” 1995 Nine giant Michael Jackson statues are used to promote a pop star & his music.		Media & Marketing “Dinah Shore & Chevy” 1951-1963 “See-the-U.S.A.” song helped define a celebrity & America’s “car culture.”
Media Mogul “Murdoch’s NY Deals” 1976-1977 How media baron Rupert Murdoch became a major player in New York media.		Media & Values “Wall Street’s Gekko” 1980s-2010 A fictional Wall Street hustler lives on in the culture, roiling values.
Media Censorship “Rumble Riles Censors” 1958-1959 Link Wray’s guitar song prompts some radio managers to ban its airing.		Media Censorship “Elvis Riles Florida” 1955-1956 Elvis Presley’s music & dancing on stage brings judicial threat.
TV & Rock`n Roll “American Bandstand” 1956-2007 How television helped make rock `n roll a major business.		Books, Film, Video “The Bourne Profitability” 1985-2007 How Jason Bourne & Co. became a worldwide business & media play.
Valuable Media “The Sound of Money” 2009 A Dutch pension fund & media company buys up Rodgers & Hammerstein.		Early Sports Promotion “Slingin’ Sammy” 1930s-1950s Sammy threw the ball, and Preston Marshall built the franchise.
Home Video Market “Disney’s Movie Vault” 1984-1999 How Walt Disney & Co. discovered big bucks in the home video market.		The Entertainment Economy “Disney Dollars” 1930s Walt & Mickey become Depression beaters and a new kind of growth engine.
Pop Music & Advertising “Madonna’s Pepsi Ad” 1989 A Madonna television ad stirs controversy by association.		Celebrity TV “Person to Person” 1953-1961 Edward R. Murrow, CBS, and the rise of “rich & famous” T.V.