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.
How Charlie Rose Destroyed TV
We’ll be back… maybe… Don’t get me wrong, I like Charlie Rose. I think he does a good job and puts on a good show. He even had me as a guest once, so how can I say anything...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy DC
Today we started our 4-day intensive Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here at Travel Channel HQ in DC. Network President Pat Younge addressed the group and explained that it was the goal of the network to create an army of...
Read moreKeep Your Eye On The Ball
this is what you are looking for…. I just read TV’s obituary in the newspaper this morning, courtesy of Edith Champagne in London. The newspaper happens to be The Guardian, but the obit was very clear. UKRAINE V. ENGLAND...
Read moreNewspapers: gone. Next: TV Networks.
with fine cabinetry design… End round one. The newspaper business is finished. Now, comes round two. Â TV Networks. If they don’t make some really major changes really fast they are going to end up just like their old...
Read moreJournalists….. arise! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Chains
I’m currently working on a piece about homeless people in San Francisco Why are we such wimps? Journalism is in utter collapse and we wander around asking whether perhaps the answer is not to turn the New York Times...
Read moreDemocracy Wall
real all about it… In 1978, one of the seminal events leading up to the revolt at Tienanmen Square in Beijing was the construction of a ‘Democracy Wall’. This was a place where daily notices of news and opinion...
Read moreAre You Offended?
offensive? There was a curious juxtaposition of news stories yesterday. First, Danish newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, speaking yesterday in a private home in  Manhattan, told a group of  listeners  that Muslims need to develop a sense of humor and an...
Read moreToo Little…. Too Late…..
hmmm…..well what about helium? Our old friend up in Albany, Mike Sechrist sent us a link to a great speech by John Temple, former editor and President of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News. The Rocky Mountain News, which...
Read moreThe Power of a Tweet
A whole new way of thinking about the media Recently over at b-roll.net, one of my favorite sites, there was a discussion about whether Twitter was worth anything or just a flash in the internet pan. I put in...
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