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.

Debatable, part 2

Tonight at 7PM…. Lincoln v. Douglass.  Tune in…. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate for the Senate from Illinois, and Stephen Douglass, Democratic candidate conducted a series of seven debates across the state of Illinois. In these debates, each...

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Academy 3

So far… so good….. Today we start the third Travel Channel Academy here at Discovery HQ in Silver Spring, Md. 21 new students from across the country have convened here for the intensive four-day workshop.

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I Have an Idea…..

Palo Alto – Ken sits by the pool and runs the numbers…. My business partner, Ken Krushel and I have been out in Palo Alto trying to raise money for an idea- Citizenews We started talking about this more...

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Letter from Palo Alto

There’s a pile of money buried in here… somewhere… Ken Krushel and I are out here in Palo Alto this week trying to raise financing for CTZN.TV.

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Debatable

All this week, CNN has been running promos for their CNN/Youtube Democratic Candidates debate. The idea was that anyone could upload a question for last night’s candidates debate and that the candidates would then have to answer it.

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Academy 2 Wraps

The Class of July 21, 2007 Today we wrapped the 2nd Travel Channel Academy. Next week we will start again on the third. If this class is any indication of how well this will work, I would like to...

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What Future for PBS?

can we put the contact info on the screen as well? In 2000, when I cut the deal with the BBC to spend five years converting their stations to the VJ model, I was asked to address the Board...

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TJ Careers at Travel Channel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgr6o9D61YU] Meet Tiffany Burnett. She came to our attention when she sent us a video she had shot and edited herself. We took her with us on 5Takes Pacific Rim where she continued to make content for us. Now,...

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Academy Day 2

The next generation of content makers at Discovery HQ Today is the second day of V.J. training here at Discovery Channel’s main offices at Silver Spring, Md. Yesterday our 22 trainees learned how to shoot a piece – lots...

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Travel Channel Academy – Round 2

Today we start on the 2nd Travel Channel Academy. This time we are running the course in Discovery’s HQ in Silver Spring, Md. And as of this morning, twenty eager young documentary and filmmakers have learned the first lessons...

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