Which will be first to actively promote metrication: Rupert Murdoch (sponsor of Fox channels) on the far right, or
George Soros (sponsor of MSNBC) on the far left, or CNN (owned by GE? or by ComCast?) in the middle? Eugene A. Mechtly ps. The Daily is on Fox Busness at this very moment. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:18:00 -0600 >From: "Paul Trusten" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49739] "The Daily" >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "Lorelle Young" <[email protected]>, "Don Hillger" ><[email protected]>, "Valerie Antoine" <[email protected]>, >"Gary Brown" <[email protected]>, "Chris Stone" <[email protected]>, "Don >Jordan" <[email protected]>, "Mary Gerke" <[email protected]>, >"Sandra Hanson" <[email protected]>, "Mark Henschel" ><[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > As I speak, Rupert Murdoch is announcing the > creation of The Daily, a subscription news and > entertainment product (99 cents per week, not > available on the Web), for the iPad tablet > device only. iPad has about 15 million followers. > Murdoch harps on the "sophisticated reader." I > sense that metric units are going to flow onto this > audience, and I'll be keeping both eyes on this > thing. I haven't bought an iPad yet, but I probably > will very soon. What is your experience with the > iPad if you own one? > ...
