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.
Catastrophe
Looks like we won’t be publishing on Monday… Some 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into Chicxulub on the Yucatan Peninsula in what is today Mexico. The impact was so catastrophic that between the heat from...
Read moreThe Power of Viral
Guardian Angel It was an eye-opening education in the viral power of the 'new media' Yesterday, after a fairly long hiatus, I picked up on my blog.
Read moreA Case for a “King of News”?
Capable of seeing all sides of an argument… For many years now, I have been a resident of two countries, the USA and the UK. That ‘duality’ has taught me to look at the world from several perspectives at...
Read moreMany Thanks
MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND EMAILS. THE WHOLE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONCERN AND SUPPORT AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
Read moreThe End of the Road
The phone rang at 6am yesterday morning and it was my mother in Miami. I knew it was bad news. “Your father is choking”, she said, “I think he is dying”. I knew this call would be coming for...
Read moreThe First Internet
The newspaper business is in trouble. But it's not becasue newspapers don't have value. But I am not so sure that the 'value' is in the news. Maybe it's something else.
Read moreWhere Are Your Priorities?
1959 Caddy. But does democracy hinge on this? Washington, it seems, is not prepared to let the auto industry and Detroit go down the tubes. The bail out is going to happen, even if the White House has to...
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