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.
A Soldier’s Story
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj41zkUuGCc&hl=en&fs=1] Pat Lafferty is an old marine. He’s also Chief Creative Officer at The Travel Channel. Pat Younge, President and GM for the Travel Channel has instructed that all 250 employees of the Channel take the 4-day TCA Bootcamp...
Read moreEmpowering Women – Real Reality
One of the most important aspects of the Video Revolution is the empowerment of women. When I first started working at WCBS News in NY, there was one camerawoman on the staff. She was considered something of an oddity...
Read moreThe Power of the Press
Must See TV…. As with the arrival of the Internet, the arrival of radio in the 1920s shook up the world. The new medium was extraordinarly powerful. Now, for the first time in human history, one voice could be...
Read moreOn Second Thought
He ‘got’ the new media…. On Friday, I was interviewed by Brian Lamb for Q&A on C-Span. (Sunday nights at 8pm) The interview was a grueling 57 minutes without commerical breaks, and unedited. Lamb threw me a few questions...
Read moreI Do C-Span (tune in!)
Brian Lamb and Me Today I was on C-Span. Well, actually, the Senate hearings were on C-Span. I was taped on C-Span, for Brian Lamb’s weekly show, Q&A. Q&A airs every Sunday night at 8PM. I’ll let you know...
Read moreEverybody’s Doing It
The $14 Million VJ There seems to be little question now that the “Revolution” is getting past its Revolutionary phase. Katie Couric, anchor for The CBS Evening News was photographed in the CBS newsroom using a small, hand held...
Read moreStewart and Me
Stewart Pittman, one of the most literate and articulate lensmen in the business has a daily blog that I like a lot. You can link it on the right. Today, he posts on his visit to the News Museum,...
Read moreThe Next Frontier
This was once the cutting edge ... A few years ago, a friend of mine was hired to make an ad for M&Ms. The budget was a mind-shattering $3million for a 30-second spot. It got me to thinking.
Read moreAmerica Loves A Good Story
So cute…. later, it will eat you. I am watching the Today Show this morning from the Embassy Suites (don’t ask) in Chevy Chase, Md. The economy would seem to be melting down and Wall Street is dissolving, but...
Read moreTravel Channel Goes to School
This week, we are down at the Travel Channel in Chevy Chase running a Travel Channel Academy, except we are running it for The Travel Channel. Travel Channel President and CEO Pat Younge has decreed that every employee of...
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