Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the travel industry was healthy, vibrant, and shattering records. Travel agents, in a bid to stay in step with the times, took a cue from social media and rebranded themselves travel advisors, the idea being that in an era of information overload would-be travelers need advice how to smoothly navigate the world...
By Ty Sawyer I began life agonizing over every word that was published in the print titles I oversaw. We yearned to win awards. A great deal of effort, and expense, went into every piece, large or small. Pieces were edited and sculpted and worked until they were worthy of a consumer’s time and effort to read. I...
In 1978, three years before MTV aired on cable television, an English band named The Buggles released Video Killed the Radio Star, a song that addresses the mixed attitudes towards 20th century inventions and new technologies for the media arts. When MTV debuted on August 1,1981, Video Killed the Radio Star was the first video ever shown on the 24-hour music channel. The Buggles’...
