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.
ABC News 57 South Bend – are you kidding?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwq3AE6hhjI&feature=related[/youtube] mind boggling… A few years ago I was on one of those panels run by Jeff Jarvis on  The Future of the Media. In this one we were invited to break into teams to try and figure out...
Read moreAndy Warhol meets Paula Deene and Cream Cheese – really
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2Aw8KqjX5CY[/youtube] So spreadable, it’s incredible.. or is that something else? Andy Warhol once said, ‘in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes’. He was not wrong. Paula Deene, as you can see, is today launching her newest...
Read moreWill There Always Be A 6:30 Evening News? Katie Couric Says No
couric soon to be gone Will there always be a network news show to tune into at 6:30? Katie Couric, current anchor of the CBS Evening News says, ‘no’. At least she does in Huffington Post today. I would...
Read moreReport from the NY Magazine Video Academy
The group on the second day We’ve just entered into a partnership with New York Magazine to create The New York Magazine Video Academy. This is a video bootcamp, largely reflective of nyvs training but hands on, and with...
Read moreWhat’s A Foundation For?
maybe… Yesterday, I participated in Dave Cohn’s Carnival of Journalism. He invited people thinking about the world of journalism (apparently he thinks I am one), to contribute their ideas on a single topic. In this case, the topic was...
Read moreWhy I Won’t Be Entering Another Knight News Challenge
an immersion into the Internet you won’t be experiencing soon David Cohn from Spot.us has asked a number of people to take today to write a blog about the Knight Foundation News Challenge. He is doing this under the...
Read moref-Stop and Depth of Field Control
A hyperfocal distance scale on a hasselblad 100C/M I have been sailing off and on since I was 9 years old. I got my first boat when I was 13 and have owned one ever since – or at...
Read moreCensorship At The BBC
Do you know how to spell Pravda? BBC World News America used to be the best television news program on in the US. Every night, from 7pm to 8pm we were able to watch a really good news program...
Read moreWhy Rebecca Black Scares The Old Folks Silly
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0[/youtube] Do you like this? 63 Million Views at last count.. and still growing OK Rebecca Black is not my idea of great music. But that’s what an open and free market is all about – lots of different...
Read moreWould You Like To See the Worst Programming Schedule in the World?
6:00 PM Top Gear – Episode 9 TV-PG James and Richard spend the night as “scootermen,†men who provide the service of driving people home in their own cars after they’ve had too much to drink. They test drive...
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