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.

PUSH/PAUSE OPENS SECOND MARKET ON L

Are you watching us in DC or on Long Island? Two years ago we entered into a partnership with Verizon and their FiOS network in the DC area to produce hyperlocal content for FiOS users. In 1992, when we...

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VJ vs. Real World Crew

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LiG4Jq_eC0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realityblurred.com%2Frealitytv%2Farchives%2Fthe_real_world_dc%2F2009_Jul_05_cast_names_stalking&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] WUSA  videojournalist Lindsay Matsis went out on assignment from her station in DC to cover a “Real World’ shoot in DC. As you can see, the Real World cameraman seemed not too happy, nor too cooperative, with the...

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Apology to the readers

OK So yesterday I got an email from my mother with the story about the railroad gauge and Roman ruts. I like history so I liked it. And I reprinted it (with credit to my mom), but I did...

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What Does a Horse’s Ass have to do with The Space Shuttle?

Ready for blast off? Today’s lesson is about the persistence of technology. Once a standard for technology is set, it is very very very difficult to get rid of it. Thus, as we enter into an entirely new realm...

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Viral Advertising for Cash

try this at home… Newspapers are going out of business because it turns out that anyone can write a blog and upload it to the web. So the exclusivity of print journalism is a thing long gone. And what...

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Eaten Alive

Bye bye…. Yesterday I spent some time watching Eaten Alive on Animal Planet. There was a story of a man who had an African bot fly growing in his stomach and had to have it surgically removed. Well, you...

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Never Again

Thriller…. On Saturday’s Michael Jackson gabfest, ABC’s GMA opined that ‘we may never see the likes of Michael Jackson again’. Well, putting aside personal opinions about the quality of his music, they may in fact be right. They may...

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Travel Channel Academy – Santa Barbara

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Hitler & Twitter

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer…. (25) New technologies carry enormous power with them. Those who grasp what the new technologies mean, as opposed to applying them to old ways of working, will own the future. What we are...

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CBS Local News Producer Shoots Story on iPhone

Gio Benitez Gio Benitez, a producer at CBS4, the local TV station in Doral, Florida, shot his entire local news story on his iPhone, then cut the piece on FCP on his laptop and delivered it for air. OK,...

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