Apple Shutting Down iTunes! Well, Kind of, Maybe…
Nothing changes for Windows users. For Mac fanatics, a paywall looms. It’s official! At last week’s World-Wide Developers Conference in...
Liberal Politics, Nostalgia & Rock 'n' Roll
Nothing changes for Windows users. For Mac fanatics, a paywall looms. It’s official! At last week’s World-Wide Developers Conference in...
Journalism educators like Temple’s David Mindich are inclined to emphasize truth, accuracy and non-partisanship. Another day, another Trump attack on...
There are countless sources of progressive political information on the web. I narrow it down by topic. As you can...
Is Spotify the spoiler in Apple’s U2 victory dance? $165 per share. That was the opening price for Spotify’s Initial...
Good News! Public radio remains viable as it competes with a multitude of platforms Community radio. Also called public radio....
Still waiting to hold this fraud accountable for ACORN’s demise. I’m sure you’ve heard of this guy. His specialty is...
Trump TV? Pending television merger would have right wing provocateur Sinclair infiltrate 72% of American households Just when we had...
Will Donald Trump’s poisonous scapegoating of our media ‘trickle down’ to state and local coverage? Maybe not. As we gird ourselves for...
By Turning Their ‘Fake News’ Election Trickery on Its Head, Right Wingers Seek to Erode a Pillar of Accountability Perhaps...
When It Comes to Ratings and Clicks, Entertainment Trumps News Every Time Just when you thought the 2016 presidential campaign...
Some “old school” leisurely activities that involve media–watching TV, flipping through glossy magazines and keeping up with local news–are helping steer mass media through a vast digital gauntlet. It doesn’t seem...
Even with the absence of malice, a ‘substantial similarity’ can get a songwriter in trouble. Two high-profile cases of song...
…but Not a Word About Pope Francis I’ve driven the Philadelphia-State College round-trip so many times that I believe...
Ken Robinson Explores the Creative Mind… “Education is not a linear process of preparation for the future: It is about cultivating...
Take a walk through your favorite book store, turn left or right to the section probably called Current Events, and you...
When Making Records Mattered A review of The Last Sultan by Robert Greenfield. Robert Greenfield has done it again! The Last...
Here in Philadelphia, for those of us who love and admire the truth-telling in good journalism, venturing to our local...
If you squint into the hodgepodge of hucksterism, misinformation and occasional brilliance that make up today’s American mass media, you...