Technology & Culture

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Technology in Media, Sports & Entertainment;
Technology & Politics, Technology History, etc.

Technology & Culture “Apple Rising” 1976-1985 Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak build start-up company; help launch PC revolution.		Technology & Advertising “The iPod Silhouettes” 2000-2011 Apple’s dancing figures change culture; send company into music biz & big money.
Music, Marketing, Technology “Start Me Up” 1995 Bill Gates uses a Rolling Stone’s tune to launch Windows 95.		Politics & Television “Nixon’s T.V. Speech” Checkers-1952 Endangered VP candidate discovers the “magic” of television.
Home Video Technology “Disney’s Movie Vault” 1984-1999 Disney studios first resisted home video sales, fearing  devaluation of classic films.		Books, Film, Video “The Bourne Profitability” 1980-2007 How Jason Bourne & Co. became a worldwide business empire.
Technology & TV News “Ted Turner & CNN” 1980s & 1990s Media pioneer shakes up news & entertainment biz using new technology.		Technology & Culture “Apple, Rising” 1976-1985 Two guys in a garage help launch the PC revolution.
Radio Technology & Sport “Dempsey vs. Carpentier” July 1921 First radio broadcast of big boxing match & huge audience, points up giant new business.		Sports, Technology & Media “All Sports, All the Time” 1978 – 2008 The history of ESPN and the rise of the “all-sports” cable television business.
Advertising & Music Videos “Madonna’s Pepsi Ad” 1989 A Madonna television ad & related music video stir controversy.		Politics & Television “The Kefauver Hearings” 1950 – 1951 Televised Senate hearings boost political fortunes of Senator Estes Kefauver.