Your feed isn’t everyone else’s reality.
That story everyone is talking about? Your friends may never have heard of it.
Same with that celebrity you keep seeing everywhere.
And the people and stories dominating their feeds? You’ve probably never heard of them either.
We’re living in different media worlds, each with its own celebrities, cultural references and sources of truth.
I call it Feudal Media.
My new book, “Welcome To The Age Of Feudal Media,” explains how we got here, what we’ve gained and what we’ve lost.
It also offers a way out. Because the monoculture isn’t coming back, but that doesn’t mean we’re stuck.
Buy it on Amazon:
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In today's @TVREV Week In Review I look at why Apple has kept a whole slew of mediocre apps and products alive for decades with little to no attempt to make them less mediocre, and what that means for the future of the company:
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The monoculture is dead. The @TVREV track starts with a keynote from Alan Wolk, Co-Founder and Lead Analyst at TVREV who dives in the collapse of mass media and the fragmented “Feudal Media” ecosystem.
CTV buzzwords are everywhere, but which trends actually matter? Maikel O'Hanlon of Horizon Media, Julie Van Ullen of @ispottv , and Jason Damata of @TVREV break down what’s real and what’s hype in the evolving CTV marketplace.
Is Indianapolis a narrow broadcast ownership exception or an emerging de facto rule? Find out in @Timhanlon's latest Proximity column. tvrev.com/news/a-broadcast-o…
Re-upping this @tvrev piece from December, as Part 1 of scenario appears to be done. Small potatoes in grander scheme of assets/economics/politics - but very real issue at local level of TV ops, content & ownership. To wit: What is the future of The CW? tvrev.com/news/the-cw-next-a…
Find out how the death of news impacts institutions like the State of the Union address and how Brendan Carr’s plan to rein in Stephen Colbert backfired bigly in @awolk's latest Week in Review.
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