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.
Who 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...
Read moreWhat TV News Might Be
A different vision of what photography could be In 1955, Edward Steichen opened what was then a radical exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Read moreCatastrophe
Looks like we won’t be publishing on Monday… Some 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into Chicxulub on the Yucatan Peninsula in what is today Mexico. The impact was so catastrophic that between the heat from...
Read moreThe Power of Viral
Guardian Angel It was an eye-opening education in the viral power of the 'new media' Yesterday, after a fairly long hiatus, I picked up on my blog.
Read moreA Case for a “King of News”?
Capable of seeing all sides of an argument… For many years now, I have been a resident of two countries, the USA and the UK. That ‘duality’ has taught me to look at the world from several perspectives at...
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