communications industry structure, including mass media, advertising, and telephone companies
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Video circulation from Massachusetts public libraries doubled from 1998 to 2006. Over the same period, print item circulation fell slightly. Audio and video items together now account for 32% of total item circulation from Massachusetts public libraries.[1] Audiovisual circulation in libraries in other states might account for somewhat less, perhaps a quarter of total circulation. … Continue reading print down slightly, video up sharply
In 1914, books accounted for 74% of items circulated from the Cincinnati Public Library. Prints accounted for 13% of circulation, lantern slides, 6%, and music rolls, 3%.[1] The Cincinnati Public Library at this time was one of the largest and most lavish public libraries in the U.S. These statistics indicate the scope of services that … Continue reading libraries have long lent more than books
Hope, Leslie, later called Bob, was the fifth of seven children in an impoverished family. Arriving in Ohio at age five from across the Atlantic, Bob danced, sang, busked, and boxed. He rose on the vaudeville circuit from six-a-day shows to the two-a-day big-time. At age twenty-eight in 1931, he played New York’s Palace Theatre. … Continue reading Bob Hope Poem: vaudeville to radio, television, and movies
Economic activity is not distributed uniformly (or randomly) across space. Economic activity has long been highly concentrated in cities. Moreover, larger city size is associated with a greater rate of innovation.[1] The exact mechanism by which concentration of person in geographic space fosters innovation is not well-understood, but the effect is clear. Community-based networks, such … Continue reading network micro-geography