CM Publisher Hershel Sarbin's take on BUSINESSWEEK columnist John Fine's "The 'Mystical Hold' of TV"
I am a compulsive clipper, saver, re-visitor of insightful commentary on media matters.
I need to be reminded of truths that are "not always news."
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Jon Fine's excellent analysis in Business Week July-25/Aug. 1 2005 is right at the top of my LIVING CONTENT file for this year.
John's lead: " The thing is this: We still like to watch. Or, at least, advertisers do. Broadcast TV keeps losing audience, but the hold on its share of the ad pie still bests other big-media competitors. Despite the rightful hype about fragmentation and TiVo, this medium has proved more tenacious than you might think from the ratings."
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