Microeconomics
A penny for your thoughts… “Monetization” of the web is the holy grail. Content is migrating to the web far more rapidly than advertising dollars. As well, newspapers, magazines and TV stations are finite, and the percentage of advertising...
Read moreThe Canary in the Coalmine
still alive… but barely There is no question but that we have ‘dumbed down’ TV news. But has TV news ‘dumbed down’ society, or is TV news simply chasing a dumber public? For many years, I taught at New...
Read moreAfter 25 Years
Last night, we held an open house herefor members of the Class of 1983, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. It was my class, and it’s our 25th Anniversary. The class has done well. We have 5 Pulitzer Prize...
Read moreWe Open in Chicago
The Travel Channel Academy starts in Chicago today. 40 new Travel Channel Journalists met this morning at the Downtown Sheraton to start their intensive 4-day bootcamp. Travel Channel VP Sue Norton was here to meet them, and explain how...
Read moreNatalie – The Liquid Muse
Natalie, the Liquid Muse blogs on her experience at the DC course last week. Good reading for those contemplating signing up!
Read moreThe Immature Medium
Chuck Close When I walk through the Museum of Modern Art in NY, some of the art does not effect me in the least. I can walk past and feel nothing. Then, there are the pieces with which I...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy NYC
Back from Brussels Wednesday night, and Thursday at 9AM we kick off yet another NY based Travel Channel Academy. Matt Gould, VP for Development addressed the group this morning, and Pat Younge, President and GM for the network will...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Spot
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Read moreWe Break 1,000 in One Day!
Thanks, Steve! A little more than a year ago, Steve Safran, of Lost Remote fame (and now I hear heading out on his own), suggested that I start a blog. I had no idea how to do this, so...
Read moreCheerleaders
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwGqtt_Z78&rel=1]] OK. You want to see an example of my VJ work. Here’s one. I don’t make a living as a VJ. My job is to sell the concept, implement it, teach it. But from time to time I...
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