(Indeed, the days of big television are gone: few shows of any kind command audiences of more than 20 million people, the number who watched "Death of a Salesman" on CBS 35 years ago).
Larger papers, which have huge amounts of bespoke web content uploaded every day and are able to command audiences in the millions, are hardly likely to take such a reductive approach to reshaping their web presence.
Serious programmes such as "Panorama" and "World in Action", which cannot be accused of pro-Tory bias, command audiences bigger than the entire readership of the daily "quality press".The political agenda, however, tends to be set by the newspapers for television to follow.
Selling video direct to consumers, without distribution getting in the way, lets media firms, and viewers, mine their vaults for old episodes of "The Outer Limits", Johnny Carson, or whatever: minority tastes, to be sure, but taken together, a vast new market.Moreover, old media will command audiences for many years yet.
Mr. Bruton's friends contend that Mr. Burnett has minimized Mr. Bruton's role in and compensation for creating the film's music and has exaggeratedly characterized Mr. Bruton as a role model for the main character, wrongly implying, the friends say, that Mr. Bruton was a washed-up singer who could not command audiences bigger than those that would fit into the cocktail lounge at a bowling alley.
For example, I suspect we will soon see the rise of educator superstars who command audiences of hundreds of thousands for their Internet courses and earn sums way above the traditional dreams of academics.
Despite recent progress by Telemundo, Univision's two major networks -- its flagship, Univision, and the 2-year-old TeleFutura -- still command audience shares that routinely eclipse 75percentt of Hispanic viewers watching Spanish-language television.
If such an approach requires some sacrifice in subtlety, it also allows these actors to connect with and command audience members who may know these plays only from school reading lists.
Where artists a century ago confidently expressed nature in forms that commanded audiences' admiration, Monk gently encourages reflection and engagement.
In the 1980s, his three main series, including The Two Ronnies, for which he wrote most of the material, commanded audiences of more than 15 million.
Commanding audiences of millions on the radio and television every day, political interviewers hold a uniquely powerful position with far-reaching influence.
