Good rejoinder.  I'll think of a snappy comeback later.  In the interim, "yo momma".

lol @ "Yo-Yo Ma"

I've also heard about newspapers' refusing to run radio listings.  Was it CKCR manay years ago in K-W?  Anyway, one of its alumnae became real Simon Legree at a station I worked at early in my career.  We were not allowed to mention "newspaper" on the ai because they competed for advertising dollars.  . It could be why I have this thing for giving free publicity to copanies such as Apple. 

Hi quadcities,

"Are you saying that news anchors and other air talent shouldn't be talking about the same things their audience is?"

I'm not convinced the audeince  is talking abouit it. But let's say they are... since when do news anchors take their cue from the hoi polloi for their line up? I know what people at my workplace were  talking about last week -- the free coffee McDonalds was giving away.  Why didn't that make the news?  Because (I hope) it's NOT news.  It's marketing. Why does Apple get a free ride?  And a HUGE free ride at that.  And as I said, every time there's a new product launch. 

As for the Rogers cross promotion -- good ;point.  Personally I don't listen to Rogers Radio or watch Rogers TV, but I'm sure they're like Bell, and they drive me nuts. I think it's going to bite them in the behind eventually.  They're doing it on the cheap: poor creative and  porr talent, making for tune-out factors that used to send PD's to eearly graves.    

 

@Mike

The answer is simple Mike.  Technologists are the new rock stars & the industry is the most influential and popular in the world.  In your generation it was "rock stars" who were the architects of social justice & change.  Today it's technology.  The uprising in Egypt came about because of Twitter & Anonymous not because of a musician.  Apple plays a big part in that ecosystem.  

And if you don't think people are talking about it, stop for a minute in a public place and look around. The entire world is staring at their handheld device (smart phone).  And you wonder why Apple is front page news?  

 

@MIke

Don't blame the technology for the methodology in which society uses it.  All the knowledge in the world is available on your smart phone but people waste it on Facebook or cat photos.  We simply don't seem to be interested in education or intelligence.  That appears to be the situation in the developing nations as well.  

In the case of ISIS, as a group they've taken full advantage of technology, social media, etc.  You just need a job where you monitor social media channels ;-) LOL.  

We're drunk on technology Mike.  I suspect it'll turn out bad too.  If you watch the first 30 minutes of "Caprica" that's where we're going in the short term with technology (virtualization where we rape, kill and assault each other).  The step after that is creating "Cylons" which will probably turn on us.  ANd it's not just that crazy Irvine guy saying this.  It's Stephen Hawking too.