Josh Braun
@joshbraun.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMass Amherst studying the civic impacts of media distribution. I work in our Journalism Department and also co-edit the Distribution Matters series for The MIT Press. Opinions mine.
Mastodon: @[email protected]
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But when you've gone on @ezraklein.bsky.social's program, and presumably others, the bulk of your conversations have taken siren's-call politics as a given, then focused on how progressives can finally start to win at it. The restructuring argument feels much more necessary to me in this moment. 2/2
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
But when you've gone on @ezraklein.bsky.social's program, and presumably others, the bulk of your conversations have taken siren's-call politics as a given, then focused on how progressives can finally start to win at it. The restructuring argument feels much more necessary to me in this moment. 2/2
It looks at the company's original ambitions of bridging television and the internet, and how—as TV audiences moved online—it grappled with forging coherent online strategies amid the tangle of branding relationships across NBC News, MSNBC and (then) Microsoft. 2/2
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
This Program Is Brought to You By . . .
Journalism, television, cable, and online media are all evolving rapidly. At the nexus of these volatile industries is a growing group of individuals and fir...
yalebooks.yale.edu
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It looks at the company's original ambitions of bridging television and the internet, and how—as TV audiences moved online—it grappled with forging coherent online strategies amid the tangle of branding relationships across NBC News, MSNBC and (then) Microsoft. 2/2
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Still asking the hard questions, I see. 😂
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Still asking the hard questions, I see. 😂
I'm returning from sabbatical, so this is a bit too on the nose for me right now, lol. 😬
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm returning from sabbatical, so this is a bit too on the nose for me right now, lol. 😬
Reposted by Josh Braun
I taught myself to type on an Olivetti portable manual typewriter in the 70's. People who didn't practice evenly hitting the keys so the z would come out just as dark as the f don't get to tell me how many spaces to put after a period, and need to get off my lawn.
July 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I taught myself to type on an Olivetti portable manual typewriter in the 70's. People who didn't practice evenly hitting the keys so the z would come out just as dark as the f don't get to tell me how many spaces to put after a period, and need to get off my lawn.
The audio archives are. Their podcasts are free for several days when they first post.
April 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The audio archives are. Their podcasts are free for several days when they first post.
Of course! And I can only imagine. I’m missing ICA as well this year, though I’m happy to connect by Zoom or perhaps a future conference. Again, thank you for the wonderful book.
March 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Of course! And I can only imagine. I’m missing ICA as well this year, though I’m happy to connect by Zoom or perhaps a future conference. Again, thank you for the wonderful book.
Was just having a conversation elsewhere about what a wonderful book this is. Written not just with great insight, but with great empathy. Both more important now than ever.
March 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Was just having a conversation elsewhere about what a wonderful book this is. Written not just with great insight, but with great empathy. Both more important now than ever.