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.

Andre Kertesz Retrospective – Zzzzzzzzz

what the fork??? Yesterday, we went to the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris to see a massive retrospective of the photographer Andre Kertesz. Kertesz is rated as one of the world’s great photographers, and his work spans much...

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In 1993 ATT Predicted The Future – And Got It Right

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8[/youtube] better than Nostradamus In 1993, ATT ran a series of TV spots called “You Will”. They were an attempt to predict the future. ATT got it pretty much all right. It’s amazing to look at these now and...

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Everyone Is A Critic

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJarz7BYnHA[/youtube] All too true… An Interesting article in The New York Times on Sunday opens the door to an entirely new realm of DIY TV. The article is actually a profile of Peter Principato, an agent for aspiring comics,...

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Indian Village TV

Miss India, 2010 Yesterday’s NY Times carried an article by Anand Giridharadas that gave me an idea. The piece was a profile of village life in India. It centered on one Ravindra Misal, who lives in the small village...

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Eat Your Vegetables!

sooo good! Like most children, I had an aversion to eating vegetables. This could, no doubt, explain why I am only 5’6″…. Food in Paris is a religion. So when we decided to spend New Year’s Eve in Paris,...

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Mama Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXZTBu_3ioI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Twenty years ago at the Paul Simon /Art Garfunkle reunion concert in NY Kodachrome. Gives us those nice bright colors… Now it’s over. The New York Times reported yesterday that Kodachrome, Kodak’s film (for those too young to...

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The Mona Lisa’s Smile

don’t move! We are in Paris for the New Year. We have taken Lisa’s sister Nicky and her two twin children, Amy and Ben (both 14) to Paris for the holidays. None of them have ever been here before,...

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A VOA VJ Does Good

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnnnjWkulac&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] Mazel Tov! Way back in 1993 I was teaching at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. It was the same year I founded my first VJ-driven company, Video News International. I later sold VNI to The...

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Last Minutes With Oden

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0QRajHRO9g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] A man, his dog and a video camera Here is a fantastic example of the burgeoning and relatively new medium of ‘online documentary’. This one was done by Eliot Rausch, and it won first place and a $25,000...

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Pamplamoose Music – An Online Video Success Story

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMCNmUaGko&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] OK A few days ago we looked at a couple who made Space TV from their home. Now, our friend Eric has turned us on to Pamplamoose, a couple who make music videos (and music) from their home....

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