By Michael Wolff, USA WEEKEND
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted only for purposes of discussion.)
When I was growing up, everybody’s house had television rules. Even when my children, now young professionals, were at home, there was a constant discussion about how much was too much — time in front of the tube or listening to music (“take off those headphones”). Distraction from real life was something to be carefully organized and apportioned. If there was going to be ever-more media, then at least it should be served in an orderly way.
As a media writer, I’ve seen many businesses that have proposed to somehow help chart the universe of media options. TV Guide, of course, was once a standard of a brilliant business. And helping people manage media has continued to seem like a logical and necessary idea.
