tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449934875582288758.post1179960417988111858..comments2014-03-22T13:35:15.285-07:00Comments on Compaine's Media Entrepreneurship: Profiting from TragedyBenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063871802006721989noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449934875582288758.post-76925284373856658382014-03-22T13:35:15.285-07:002014-03-22T13:35:15.285-07:00Of course, many of the mass media have forever pro...Of course, many of the mass media have forever profited from tragedy. Newspapers used to publish EXTRA! editions when an big event hit. Broadcast news ratings as well as print circulation always soar with the big story. Down the road, books get published and sold providing by details. (Think Truman Capote's In Cold Blood). While we could argue whether CNN has run the string on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 too far, the basic notion of the media benefiting from covering tragedy has long ago been a established.BenMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063871802006721989noreply@blogger.com