Attack of the Librarians
One way… Last week I wrote a blog about the future of physical libraries in an online and digital world. Can they survive? Is there a place for them? I also published it in The Huffington Post. I have...
Read moreScott Pelley Is No Fred Friendly !!
Scott Pelley (CBS) accepts the Fred Friendly Journalism Award… Fred Friendly was a friend of mine. He was also my teacher at Columbia University, and later my professional mentor. He launched my career in television and media. So it...
Read moreWhy SxSW is Wrong.. and so it a lot of the web
But I’m a vegetarian…… I was just over at Buzzmachine.com, Jeff Jarvis’ blog – which is on my daily morning ‘must read’ list. I was astonished to read the opening sentence: Please vote for my session at South by...
Read moreWhat Wouldn’t Google Do?
Marcel Duchamps Nude on a Staircase…. Reading Jeff Jarvis’ book ‘What Would Google Do?’ I am more convinced than ever that he has painted the way the world is going to go. The ‘google’ approach brings incredible efficiencies to...
Read moreOne Degree-itis
SOME ADVICE FROM A GIANT My mentor in this business was Fred Friendly. He was Edward R. Murrow’s producer, the former President of CBS News, and a moose of a man. He resigned from his postion as President of...
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