Category Archives: history
Polluting History with AI
Lately I’ve seen many vintage photographs being shared online that were colorized and sharpened by artificial intelligence services. Some are impressed by the results, yet too often oblivious to the many inaccuracies being introduced. The guesses by the AI often … Continue reading
Consolidating Amidst Decline
Paramount is the sixth-oldest surviving film studio globally, and the last major film studio still headquartered in Hollywood. In August 2025, it became part of Skydance Media, and by late 2026 Skydance controlled Paramount, Warner Bros., CBS, CNN, HBO max, … Continue reading
The Post Is Going Out of Print…Again
A century ago, many magazines printed shorts stories and serialized or abridged novels. A couple of dozen major commercial “slicks” were printed on glossy paper, joined by hundreds of cheap paper “pulps” which concentrated on genres such as westerns, science … Continue reading
The Long Aftermath of Corporate Raiders
The petroleum industry in the 1980s experienced a wave of multi-billion-dollar mega-mergers and hostile takeovers driven by a global oil glut, falling crude oil prices, and undervalued stock reserves. DuPont acquired Conoco in 1981, U.S. Steel bought Marathon Oil in … Continue reading
The Diffusion of Innovations
Back in 1957, the Diffusion of Innovations theory was developed by Joe M. Bohlen, George M. Beal and Everett M. Rogers at Iowa State University. It was originally applied to agriculture and home economics, but it was later applied across … Continue reading
