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Article: MEDIA GRAPPLE WITH CHANGE.(Business)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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TROY -- The media landscape is rapidly changing. That's no secret.
Who, after all, was Tweeting or watching Hulu two years ago? And far fewer of us were updating our Facebook pages or combing the blogosphere.
It's also no secret that media changes -- along with an economic downturn -- are hitting traditional media such as newspapers and television stations. Many of those media outlets are scrambling to react to the changes.
"The industry is shaking out in a very profound way," said Robert Altman, president of WMHT Educational Telecommunications, the East Greenbush-based public broadcasting network.
"When you have changing technology ...