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 In recent weeks, I have received requests from several Media Realism (MR) readers to address the issue of a possible imminent decline in th...

  Those of you who are business news junkies such as I have seen and heard commentary that the American consumer is holding up very well the...

 Earlier this month, many of us were a bit surprised to hear that ESPN announced a non-binding agreement to acquire the NFL Network includin...

  As many of you know, the Vanguard group has the largest assets under management of any US mutual fund company. Recently, they published so...

  Last month, I was away on vacation and my e-mail began filling up with people asking me to comment on Nielsen’s reporting that US househol...

  Last week, we discussed how the poverty level in the United States is stubbornly high and the threats that we face going forward with our ...

  For many of us, life has gotten better, at least economically, in recent decades. A nagging problem remains across the world but even in t...