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.
Only Yesterday
In 1981, KRON4 (of all people) ran the story embedded above. It was about a radical new experiment. A newspaper in San Francisco was putting its newspaper online.
Read moreTune in Tonight!
I am going to be a guest again on Curtis Sliwa’s show on ABC talk radio tonight at 11:20 pm. Take that, Jeff Jarvis! You may be invited to speak at Davos, but I am on Curtis!
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – DC
Yesterday we wrapped up the bootcamp for the staff of The Travel Channel and this morning we are starting another Travel Channel Academy here in DC at Travel Media HQ. As the economy comes under increasing pressure, ironically, the demand...
Read moreA New Industrial Revolution
Yesterday, Pat Younge, President and GM of The Travel Channel addressed the group here in DC. The group is made up of 40 of his employees, so they paid attention.
Read moreBenjamin Franklin – Web Videographer
Franklin was born into a relatively poor family of 17 children. His father was a soap maker, when soap was made from discarded animal fat. Not a noble or well paid profession. But Franklin quickly embraced the...
Read moreBack to DC
We left Nevis with plenty of time. You have to take a boat from Nevis to St. Kitts, which is where the airport is. The country is made up of two islands, Nevis and St. Kitts. As I say,...
Read moreA Most Demanding Job!
We are currently in St. Kitts and Nevis, where we have been hired as media consultants to the government.
Read moreBack To You, Joe
Well, naturally, the day after I post on TVspy that one of the prime differentiators between VJ and OMB is that we don’t do stand-ups, KGTV/10 VJ Joe Little sends me a link to a Youtube posting that proves...
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