The rise, and the fall, of institutional media

In his regular column, Joe Mandese muses on the demise of mass media owned and run by big organisations, like Time Warner, Viacom and News Corp.

The Rise, And Fall, Of Institutional Media

Joe Mandese

'When did institutional media actually die?' That is a question advertising historians could very well be asking in the not-too-distant future, and there is a very good chance they will pinpoint the date to some time around 2005. Meanwhile, I can already hear readers of Admap reflecting, 'What the heck is institutional media?' Well, it is a phrase I am coining to describe...

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