But we are somewhat living vicariously through the other, especially when it comes to this king-of-media persona he has taken on".
QUESTION FROM DAVID: It seems as though the king of "social media" is anti-social.
Great content always has been, and I think always will be, king of the media castle".
The man dubbed "the new king of social media" has never looked back.
That might seem at odds with his former image as the relentless self-promoter who often declared himself "the king of all media".
As they see it, the world may be big enough for only one of them -- one king of the media hill and a group of vassals.
The reorganization of AOL Time Warner last week has been recounted as a story of Time Warner, the king of traditional media, reclaiming its rightful throne from the upstart digital pretender, America Online.
Such forays were his speciality in those years, when he dominated a hopped-up, stressed-out American culture like a hipster-intellectual king of all media.
