12THE MICRONETS

In order to set the tone for this discussion, let’s flash back to 1993. Are you there? If so, then you should notice there’s no such thing as a Web browser or broadband or WiFi, or any of the digital plumbing that we now take for granted that’s fueling so much of what is now roiling the “old media” world of television networks.

What did still exist back in those dark ages was storytelling. And in my pre-Web days, I was in storytelling full-time. Back then I owned a production company that had broken into big-time cable TV programming by creating and producing series and specials for networks such as A&E, History Channel, CNN, and HBO. But something was bothering me. As video was moving into the mainstream and camcorders were ...

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