Mr Media's Blog
Analysis and observations about Mass Media and Pop Culture
Cheerios
Feeding our Knowledge
Feeding our Knowledge By Mike Gange Here’s what I learned from reading this week: Associated Press Writer Carolyn Thompson, reported: Cheerios: It’s been General Mills’ top name since 1951. And it’s the most popular cereal brand in American grocery stores. Cheerios is 70 years old this year. One out of every eight boxes of cereal … Continue reading
Do Not Pass Go! Do Not Collect 47 Million Dollars
Review by Mike Gange The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers from Tiddley Winks to Trivial Pursuit by Philip E. Orbanes Harvard Business School Press, $ 47.95, 245 pages In 1883, a 16-year old named George S. Parker, living with his widowed mother in Medford, Mass., somehow scraped together the then huge sum of $50, … Continue reading
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