Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

Here Comes Facebook – Video

What’s on? Facebook, the killer online social networking site announced yesterday that they were now the number 3 video streaming site on the web, with no signs of turning back. While Youtube is still the giant online source, with...

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Coming To A Newsstand Near You

Quick… get me a dozen copies! Yes, I have finally made the cover of a magazine. No, it’s not the first time.  That was with TV Broadcast, but this time I think the message comes across loud and clear....

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

“Do you read your newspapers online, or do you still buy the paper kind?” Next weekend we are offering an advanced shooting course with TCA in DC. I wanted to show some examples of the grammar of visual storytelling....

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Left Brain, Right Brain and Video

Whose side are you on? My old friend, the late Dr. Leonard Shlain was both a highly accomplished surgeon and an author. He wrote a book that had a lasting influence on my life , The Alphabet vs. The...

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Dowd, Paxman & Bittman, LLP

Start the clock… This morning, The New York Times ran a sweetheart profile of H. Rodgin Cohen, the ‘trauma surgeon’ of Wall Street. Cohen is actually the Chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most powerful law firms...

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Travel Channel Academy NY

6 foot tall Mrs. Rosenblum, former model and on-air anchor for The BBC addresses the 40 students at the NY TCA as we start our third day. Many people think my wife and I are actually twins.  Among them:...

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Current TV Restructures

A different kind of melting… A few years ago, I owned a video bar/cafe in the East Village called DV Dojo.  It was across the street from CBGB and it was like an Internet cafe, except I gave out...

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Ten Years After

Alvin Lee, Going home….. As a child of Woodstock I have always believed in living the dream. The last two days I had the unique experience of seeing both sides of the dream. On Tuesday, I went to SUNY...

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Where The Jobs Are… and aren’t

Read all about it A curious juxtaposition of two news stories today: NPR Reports that even though the stock market is up 50% unemployment is also 10.2% USA Today reports that small businesses will have to use video in...

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Follow The Money

Listen to Deep Throat… Yesterday I got an email from Thomas Loudon, one of the co-founders of vjmovement.com. VJmovement.com is a new website, just launched yesterday, which presents the work of more than 100 VJs around the world. They...

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