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I became an “accidental academic” six years ago when the University of Washington hired me to direct its graduate degree program in digital media (MCDM). I may have been a journalist and filmmaker who had been pushing the envelope with nascent digital and social media platforms, but did not know much about the academy, and had never…
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All those rich TV sports deals may finally make cable so expensive that we’ll see more demands for a la carte subscriptions. It’s one reason why I cut the cord years ago. I’m indifferent to sports, and I refuse to subsidize media that holds no value for me. I’ll just watch those Super Bowl ads with…
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I was jarred by the familiar Apple chime from the table adjacent, as I sat down for lunch with my wife in the shadow of the Pantheon in Paris last week. Across the street, was the scene of the crime from two decades past: a place where I attended a single mind-numbing class in European…
