by Marc H. Rudov | October 4, 2015 | Article
On June 15, 2015, at Miami-Dade College, Jeb Bush announced his presidential bid. Given his name recognition, bevy of donors, and record as governor of Florida, Bush’s ascendancy was considered a sure thing. Before Donald Trump entered the ring, one month later,...
by Marc H. Rudov | July 26, 2015 | Article
Minutes after Ronald Reagan took the oath of office, on January 20, 1981, Iran released the 52 American hostages it had held for 444 days. Why did Iran hold American hostages for more than a year, then suddenly release them on the first day of Reagan’s...
by Marc H. Rudov | January 23, 2015 | Article
AT&T plans to acquire DirecTV by May 2015, barring any regulatory snags, for $48.5B. This unwieldy combination will create organizational and branding indigestion. Will the DirecTV name survive? Should it? How will AT&T differentiate it from U-verse? At 20M+...
by Marc H. Rudov | December 22, 2014 | Article
This past Saturday night, Dish Network’s viewers of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network got screwed, caught in the middle of a corporate war. I’m one of those subscribers. Dish Network, America’s third-largest pay-TV service, claims it cannot...
by Marc H. Rudov | October 13, 2014 | Article
MSNBC’s brand is in the toilet. The left-leaning network is imploding, now trailing the flailing CNN. Yet, Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, said: “We have a good brand, a strong brand. But we’ve got to get outside Washington and open up our aperture a...
