Don’t Get Stuck in the Middle

Marshall McLuhen famously stated, “The medium is the message,” to describe how evolving delivery platforms affect the tone, even substance, of information they convey. Nearly 50 years have passed since the Canadian scholar stated his conclusion and outlined its effects. In that time, the word “media,” medium’s plural, has become a singular descriptor for popular […]

Disrupting the Disrupters

We read much these days about disruptive technology and marketing. But almost every revolution rages past basic maxims. You won’t find liberty by enslaving others in a violent revolt. And while data-driven communications will get you eyeballs, they won’t necessarily move the owners of those eyeballs to act. So-called “content,” when produced with aplomb, is […]

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