George Simpson

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• IRIISCSIMBT* in MediaDailyNews on 06/20/2019
  

  There are literally hundreds of tech-related acronyms. Let's launch a few new ones so we can be on the cutting edge of confusion:

• Zuck Knew -- We All Did in MediaDailyNews on 06/13/2019
  

  Facebook is hustling to settle with the FTC before privacy concerns becomes factor in agency's investigation of whether FB violated a 2012 consent decree.

• To Hell With Mobile: I Like My Video On The Big Screen in MediaDailyNews on 06/06/2019
  

  Despite mobile screens growing into the size of small dogs, viewing anything important on them is still hard -- especially if you need to see something in detail.

• Graduation Words To Live By in MediaDailyNews on 05/30/2019
  

  It's graduation season, and you know what that means: meaningless advice from people who the school would like to rope into becoming major donors.

• Does Targeted Advertising Really Violate Your Privacy? in MediaDailyNews on 05/23/2019
  

  It's unfortunate that more than 20 years into online advertising, "targeted advertising" is being conflated with "privacy."

• Piling On: Blame MBOs in MediaDailyNews on 05/09/2019
  

  Former Facebook board member Don Graham blasted insiders who criticize Facebook now as having "all the courage of the last man leaping on the pile at a football game."

• Stop Letting The Connected World Beat You Down in MediaDailyNews on 05/02/2019
  

  Just because most websites, all social platforms and your phone know more about you than your spouse is not the end of the world.

• Is Ad Fraud Inevitable? in MediaDailyNews on 04/18/2019
  

  Is there any real difference between fraud related to well-meaning vendors versus fraud perpetrated by bot generators based somewhere in Eastern Europe?

• Does The Press Still Have Credibility? in MediaDailyNews on 04/11/2019
  

  A new poll finds Americans perceive local news and network news outlets like ABC to be more credible than cable news outlets like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

• Blame Tech If You're Not Getting Any in MediaDailyNews on 04/04/2019
  

  Americans are having less sex. But there is good news: You can now blame it all on technology.

Comments by George All comments by George

• The Death Of Mobile? by Cory Treffiletti (Media Insider on 04/17/2019)
  

  I tried to call you about this column, but it went to VM....

• Does The Press Still Have Credibility? by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 04/11/2019)
  

  Thank you Roger and you are right. What you characterize  as ax grinding I would say is arrogance and a feeling of superiority over their "unwashed" audiences. It has been ever thus. But I would not attribute the fall off of subscribers to overly sensitive readers, but rather technology. Imperfect though it may be, it is on the whole, the best press in the world.

• TV For Beginners And Enders by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 02/21/2019)
  

  Ed: I have probably written close to a thousand columns for MP. This was the most bizarre (yet). If you think there is anything even suggestive of seriousness in here, you need to sit down and drink heavily.

• Knowing Isn't Free by Joe Mandese (RTBlog on 02/04/2019)
  

  Most Americans (especially those who think the media is conspiring against that Idiot in the White House, who in fact is his own worst enemy) have no first-hand knowledge of how hard the upper echelons of the press work to get it right. How much discussion goes into if stories are balanced and fair and as close to the truth as is humanly possible to get. Their flip comments that the country would be better off without them, are nieve and dangerous. Go live in Russia or China and perhaps you will appreciate what a free press really means.

• Hey, All You Shavers Out There: Grow Up!! by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 01/17/2019)
  

  https://www.fastcompany.com/90293137/brand-purpose-is-a-lie

• One More Story About Super Bowl Ads (If You Can Stand It) by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 01/24/2019)
  

  Funny thing about Tide CJ, is that whenever I think of it, I get that picture in my head used in news stories of kids eating the pods. I am sure there must be some secondary use :0)

• Hey, All You Shavers Out There: Grow Up!! by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 01/17/2019)
  

  https://www.marketingweek.com/2019/01/15/mark-ritson-gillette-ad-toxic-masculinity/#.XD3THhf-FT8.facebook

• 5G: Good God, Great Is My Gratitude For Faster Gigabytes by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 01/10/2019)
  

  Geez John, now you gotta explain 4K to us....

• A TV 'Talking Head' In The U.N.? Heaven Forbid! by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 12/14/2018)
  

  Adam: being a good journalist able to talk easily in front of a TV camera in no way qualifies Heather for a position where she will be up against some of the savviest, most experienced negotiators in the entire world, most with decades of foreign service experience. That you think Donald Trump is in a position to "judge" anything, shows that you don't understand he is an impulsive, superficial, dilettante who belongs in jail, and with any luck soon will be there.  

• We Watch More TV Because We Aren't Dating by George Simpson (MediaDailyNews on 12/13/2018)
  

  Thx Ed: while this was somewhat tongue in cheek, it will be interesting to see if baby boomers who grew up with the marvel of TV (can still remember that first 13-inch screen black and white) will forever be an abnormality in the amount of time we spend with it. 

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