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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 1d

I used to think the political economy of U.S. media was more about economics [the need to package huge bipartisan audiences to sell to advertisers] than about the politics [rent-seeking + regulatory favoritism more important than profit-earning].

I think that was true last century, but not anymore.

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And from the same book, an account of the TV rivalry between Israel and the Arab states in the early '70s: (1/2)

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The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social · 26d

Our latest podcast is out now - on the first Radio Times.
From that issue:
- the front page
- the first cartoon (on listening at a village hall)
- the first letter (from Spain)
- my favourite ad ("Height increased in 30 days"!)
The podcast awaits your ears. Do it now, whatever your height.

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 10h

Should be a Radio Shack-themed Sierra/LucasArts adventure game!

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · Aug 20

Planica, Slovenia, hosts international ski jumping competitions every year. This clip takes us behind the scenes of the first live TV coverage of the event more than six decades ago; note that ox carts were used to transport the equipment: euscreen.eu/item.html?id... @jeffkisseloff.bsky.social

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 15d

A podcast about New York's legendary Radio Row: www.bunkhistory.org/resources/wh...

When Ground Zero was Radio Row

When City Radio opened on NYC's Cortlandt Street in 1921, radio was a novelty. Over the next few decades, hundreds of stores popped up in the neighborhood.

www.bunkhistory.org

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 10h

Howard K. Smith, one of the Murrow Boys, summed it up nicely way back in 1960s:

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 10h

Reminds me of a Rothko painting!

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 11h

South Africa didn't get television until 1976. Here's a documentary about the early years of SABC TV, when the broadcaster was heavily censored by the National Party regime and expected to operate in the service of apartheid: youtube.com/watch?v=DzyJ...

SABC TV 20 YEARS - the untold story

YouTube video by Kevin Harris

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 1d

Here's Timothy Green, writing in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘺𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (1972), about how television came to Africa:

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Brían Hanrahan @hanrahanistan.bsky.social · 3d

Berlin cinemas 1910s & 1920s

4 Photos of the entrances to various small cinemas in the 1910s & early 1920s

6 photos mostly taken at night of large well-illjminated cinemas mostly in the late 1920s

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 1d

The first real snow of the season at higher altitudes above Slovenia's Upper Sava Valley:

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

In 2015, polls showed the EU to be 10th most important issue for voters. Then media platforming of Farage etc changed that.

At the last election, things like the NHS & economy were biggest issue. But media platforming of Reform has apparently pushed immigration up there.

We are being manipulated

Lark Rise to Cancelford @danielderhonnda.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot of people have changed their minds about what the problems are that the country faces. I used to be much more lib dem / labour, and simply decided that the evidence was in and I was wrong. Just a perspective...

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 3d

Sounds like the line they put at the beginning of the documentary to foreshadow the cleansing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 3d

Take it from a man who was placed in an internment camp. It was not so long ago.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 4d

In coming full circle, though, Trump is also copying a page from Orban's media playbook in Hungary. As @zecsaky.bsky.social explained here, in addition to the right-wing outlets they already owned, Orban's pals bought up opposition outlets and turned them into regime mouthpieces.

(Gift link.)

How Orban Redrew Hungary’s Media Map to Solidify His Power

Editor’s note: The following article is one of 30 that we’ve selected from our archives to celebrate World Politics Review’s 15th anniversary. You can find the full collection here. On a Saturday morn...

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 4d

A few months ago, Austrian television aired a report about how other Alpine countries could learn from Switzerland's truck-minimizing approach to freight:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywj_...

Wie die Schweiz die LKWs auf Schiene bringt

YouTube video by Neue Wege finden

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 4d

At least Switzerland has diverted much of its freight traffic to railroads. In Slovenia, transiting rail goes overwhelmingly by road, and this is the result: www.reddit.com/r/Slovenia/c...

From the Slovenia community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Slovenia community

www.reddit.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4d

Big Tech serving as a handmaiden to fascism

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Apple removes Ice tracking apps after pressure from Trump administration

Company removed IceBlock and similar immigration agent alert apps from its App Store, citing ‘safety risks’

www.theguardian.com

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 8d

Let's make it a daily one.

Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 9d

Once again, there was lots of livable streets eye candy during Sunday's car-free Meet Me on Milwaukee event. It's more evidence that next year this should shift from being a monthly happening to a weekly one.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/29/e...

@daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net

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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 9d

Once again, there was lots of livable streets eye candy during Sunday's car-free Meet Me on Milwaukee event. It's more evidence that next year this should shift from being a monthly happening to a weekly one.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/29/e...

@daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net

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Jaka Bartolj's Media History @mediahistorynow.bsky.social · 8d

Ljubljana's car-free transformation impressed French television so much that they profiled it three times.

France 2, 2021 (3 mins): www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...

France 24, 2023 (11 mins): www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...

France 2, 2024 (3 mins): www.franceinfo.fr/replay-magaz...

Slovénie : Ljubljana, la capitale sans voiture

Le cœur de Paris sera-t-il bientôt sans voiture ? C'est un pari qu'a déjà fait la capitale de la Slovénie. À Ljubljana, même les taxis restent en dehors du centre-ville.

www.franceinfo.fr

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 10d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 10d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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