Chicago Sun-Times Fires Photogs, Trains Staff on iPhone
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times announced that they were firing their entire photography staff. Today, they announced that they would start training their reporters to take their own photos using an iPhone. Media writer Robert Feder surfaced this on...
Read moreWhat Future For Photography?
We recently went to the Bill Brandt show at the Museum of Modern Art. Brandt is a very famous photographer, but in all honesty, when I saw most of his work my reaction was ‘what’s the big deal?’...
Read moreAttack of the Librarians
One way… Last week I wrote a blog about the future of physical libraries in an online and digital world. Can they survive? Is there a place for them? I also published it in The Huffington Post. I have...
Read moreBreaking Bad Vs. The Great Gatsby
We went to see The Great Gatsby last night. Hated it. Hated… hated… hated… OK. Hated. Talking about it to Lisa over dinner after the movie (she rather liked it, I think), she asked why I hated...
Read moreThe .01% Solution
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. A. J. Liebling (1904 – 1963) The world of the media used to be a rich man’s playground. It cost a lot of money to buy...
Read moreScott Pelley Is No Fred Friendly !!
Scott Pelley (CBS) accepts the Fred Friendly Journalism Award… Fred Friendly was a friend of mine. He was also my teacher at Columbia University, and later my professional mentor. He launched my career in television and media. So it...
Read moreThe Alzheimer’s Syndrome and The Web
Have we met before??? There’s an old joke: The good thing about Alzheimer’s? You always meet new people. What does this have to do with media on the web? Everything, I think. Up until now, we have always lived...
Read moreWhat’s a Library?
Library under construction – along with a 50 story hotel and condo…. I live across the street from a library… or at least what used to be a library. The Donnell Library on West 53rd Street. Today, it...
Read moreFrom Walmart to Success via Youtube
[gn_media url=”[gn_media url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20b4eRUKtA”]” We’re spending a lot of time down in Nashville these days A LOT of time. And one of the main things to do while in Nashville is to go the Grand Ole Opry. Now, to be...
Read moreThe Digital Slaves (that would be you)
$0.0 an hour…. with a 100% raise after two years… Want a look a the new ‘digital’ economy and how it works? Here’s an interesting experiment: List the top 10 corporations in the US in 1960. Do...
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