Inspired by The Onion, I’m working on a new business plan. It only has two steps. STEP ONE: Start a satire company that relentlessly mocks Hillary Clinton. STEP TWO: Sell to Clinton’s biggest supporter. While, as far as I know, no one one The Onion’s editorial staff has talked to the press and confirmed that […]
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Has the coverage of Hillary Clinton in The Onion changed since one of her biggest supporters struck a deal to purchase the company?
Posted in Ideas, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged business ideas, business plans, Cheryl Saban, Clinton Foundation, conspiracy theory, corporate media, Haim Saban, Hillary Clinton, Mark's big ideas, mass media, media consolidation, Saban Research Institute, satire, Univision 22 Comments
My thoughts on movies and books to share with your kids through the age of nine
Two things happened this week that prompted me to write this post. The world celebrated what would have been Roald Dahl’s 97th birthday, and, a day or two later, my friends Murph and Cara welcomed two beautiful little babies into the world. So, as Linette set off in one direction this evening, to arrange for […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Arnold Lobel, Billy Wilder, books, Cara Talaska, children's literature, Eric Carle, Frog and Toad, genocide, Go Ice Cream, Harry Potter, Huckleberry Finn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, life lessons, Little House on the Prairie, Mark Twain, Marquee Moon, Murph, n-word, Native Americans, Richard Murph, Roald Dahl, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Star Wars, The Prisoner, Thin Man, Tom Sawyer, truth pond 23 Comments
The Onion’s Ann Arbor franchise collapses
Word hit the street today that The Onion’s local satellite operation, the Ann Arbor A.V. Club, would be closing up shop, after just three months in business. According to Michigan Radio, Bobby Mitchell, the franchisee running the publication, has said that “lawyers” are involved. As Mitchell has been described in the press as a “lifelong […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Media Also tagged A.V. Club, Ann Arbor A.V. Club, Bobby Mitchell, Bopper Media, Current, franchises, free monthlys, free papers, print, Print is Dead 25 Comments