Media Served Rare: ‘Legacy’ Forms Still Resonate | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Media Served Rare: ‘Legacy’ forms still resonate | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

The media is like that apocryphal Mark Twain quote—the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. It hasn’t died so much as evolved, perhaps beyond recognition, but vestigial elements persist. This is the case for so-called legacy media—print, broadcast, cable/satellite, theatrically released films, out-of-home billboards and artifacts like one’s precious vinyl—which are like neanderthals—they’re cruder, less elegant precursors but still made…

Media Served Rare: ‘Legacy’ forms still resonate

The media is like that apocryphal Mark Twain quote—the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. It hasn’t died so much as evolved, perhaps beyond recognition, but vestigial elements persist. This is the case for so-called legacy media—print, broadcast, cable/satellite, theatrically released films, out-of-home billboards and artefacts like one’s precious vinyl—which are like neanderthals—they’re cruder, less elegant precursors but still made…