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.
My Own TV Show
David Besemer was a student at the Travel Channel Academy in Santa Barbara last year. He produced one of the better videos, a profile of a small marina ferry and its captain. I had no idea when he took the course...
Read moreBy What Right
New technologies not only obviate old jobs and careers, they also challenge and often undermine old laws. Like copyright.
Read moreThe G Spot
We just got off the phone with the Minister for Information for a small but never-the-less important country. We will be going there in a few weeks to start a project to make the country 'video active'.
Read moreGood Enough
I spent most of the day trying to work on my book, but its hard to maintain focus and my mind drifted. As the aphorism goes, "idle hands are the devil's workshop".
Read moreWho Do They Think They Are?
We love to talk about the 'democratization' of the media. And it's not a bad thing to talk about. But it won't happen overnight, and it won't happen without a fight.
Read moreSic Transit Gloria Mundi
Unfortunately, to me it will always be Pan Am, even if Pan Am is gone. As is TWA. As is Polaroid. As is Lehman Brothers. As no doubt soon will be Chrysler, The New York Times, Ford, Kodak and someday in the not...
Read moreThe Skype’s The Limit
Bell Telephone Pavilion, NY World’s Fair 1964-5 When I was a kid we went to the New York World’s Fair, and after waiting an interminable amount of time, we got into the Bell Telephone exhibit. It was one of...
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