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.
What is Youtube Worth?
TV on Life Support… In 1994 I owned a company called VNI, Video News International. One of the things that we did was to produce television shows for cable, and one of the shows we produced was called Trauma,...
Read moreBillions Served
Watch this space… US Internet viewers watched a staggering 8.9 billion videos last month. Last month! 99% of these were on Youtube. So reports 247wallst.com. This number is simply astonishing. On Youtube, the average number of videos watched per...
Read moreUnder Water
The 747 of its day… Yesterday we flew from London back to New York. We were on Virgin Atlantic, the best airline for that trip, and laying down, covered in a duvet, I turned on the reading light and...
Read moreRadio Free Europe goes to Video
The new building… About four months ago we started a project with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty here in Prague. We took them from radio to video. RFE/RL has some of the most dedicated reporters in the world, working in...
Read moreMember/Contributor?
Sign me up Jeff Jarvis runs an interesting commentary as organizations like The New York Times try to find ways to monetize their websites. Maybe hats and umbrellas like NPR for the NY Times? I think he’s close but...
Read moreStorytelling
For $100 million or so they can deliver an hour After a 4-week vacation and a hiatus from both work (for the most part) and the blog, we are back in London and back at work, and now back...
Read moreRenting a House in Sicily
The pool at Le Sorbe After a Milan, Venice and Tuscany, we wrapped up our month in Italy by renting a house in Sicily for a week. There was no Internet, so I have been cut off from the...
Read moreMy Day at the Spa
Waiting for my massage.. I am not a Spa person. Many years ago, I was on a business trip to Helsinki. These were the days when Finland was still a ‘communist’ country, and I was staying at the Marksi...
Read moreIs China Inevitable?
Inevitable…yet moral and complying with the will of God Last week, in Venice, we went past the home of Marco Polo. Marco Polo, for those who went to public school in the US in the past 30 years and...
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