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.
Facebook + Content = Newspaper?
170 million users can’t be wrong… The New York Times has about 1 million readers every day. Facebook has 170 million users. This tells you something. The NY Times, (and NBC and The SF Chronicle) were all created in...
Read moreRosenblum Speaks at Radio Free Europe
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/3779234[/vimeo] takes a minute to cue up…. be patient
Read moreThe Very Best Newspaper in the World
Free online… but I can get the hard copy in NY for $3.50 It is, in my opinion, the best newspaper in the world. It’s insightful, intelligent, in-depth and a great read. Every day. The Guardian, formerly, The Manchester...
Read moreOnly Yesterday
The freshman quad – where I spent 1972-3. Middle door, third floor, on left. Yesterday, we took my nephew Brett to see Williams College. As he just scored a 780 on the math SAT pre-test, it seemed like the...
Read moreYoutube – With A Focus
Getting the 411… People now upload an astonishing 13 hours of video to Youtube evey minute. Every minute. This is an astonishing number. For an established production company, an order of 13 one-hour shows is a season of work....
Read moreA Visit to The Facebook Building
Over there… on the left… Two years ago, we began a very interesting experiment with a major cable provider. We built and ran (and continue to run) a hyper-local TV station which is probably the most cost-effective in the...
Read moreA VJ Speaks Up
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0unrDNyNs[/youtube] Mark Jones, a highly accomplished journalist with KRON/4 in San Francisco explains what it is like to work as a videojournalist and why he does it. Jones is no ‘kid with a camcorder’. He has been in the...
Read moreTCA Colorado – The Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_UG0nHFoPs&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5Eee3i_3g&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0PLjMOra8&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHuziPa69w&feature=channel_page[/youtube] These videos, and many others, were all shot, written, tracked, edited and produced by students at the Colorado Travel Channel Academy.
Read moreVisit From A Reader
Come on by! Blogging and communicating on the web creates a new kind of relationship. You can get to know someone fairly well and yet never meet them. Sometimes, these relationships can go on for years. Announcing that we...
Read moreNot Your Usual Bootcamp
We’re going into our third day at the Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here in Vail, Colorado. We’ve made a partnership with Keystone Ski Resorts and we’re running a ski/shoot vacation for outdoor filmmakers. The conditions have been great. Temps...
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