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.
Detroit on the Hudson
What happened? Detroit once made the most amazing cars in the world. Truly works of art, as well as powerhouse machines. As a kid I can remember waiting for the new models to come out each year. Then, something...
Read moreAnd now… the ‘news’….
News you can use…… We have lived in the Soviet Union of television journalism for so long that we have actually come to believe that the ‘controlled’ system is ‘better’ than a messy system where anyone can produce anything...
Read moreThe Empire Strikes Back
“….gimme a sec Vader, and I’ll be right with you…..” A few days ago we wrote about the rise of the ‘peasants’ as they took control of the media. As in the 15th Century, the nobility is pissed off....
Read moreThe Case for Video Literacy
…..psst… on final cut pro how do you set the dissolve times again?…. The average American now watches more than 4.2 hours of television a day.
Read moreWhere Are We Going?
“….are we there yet?…..” In the first half of the 20th Century, we had an economy that was based on manufacturing stuff. That is, the bulk of the economy was based on making physical, tangible things, like bricks, or...
Read moreOuija Board TV
Our new head of programming….. OK. This is not about VJs, ‘the revolution’ or my now defunct Bang and Olufsen system. This is about producing TV shows… or at least pitching them.
Read moreThe Tyranny of Technology
from state of the art to paperweight….. We are moving. We bought an apartment upstairs in the same building, and Monday is moving day. This being Manhattan, we are also doing a great deal of work on the new...
Read moreWhat’s Your Trip…..
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSaY3TSOP6c] Guy Bauer’s video submission on his trip to Ireland made it into the pilot for What’s Your Trip with Anthony Bourdain. But I also loved Bauer’s travel video to Poland. The home page for the show is finally...
Read moreGeorge Lucas Speaks
I didn’t say it, George Lucas did: Moving Beyond Moving Pictures: Spring 2007 By George Lucas ’66 When Johannes Gutenberg set out to build a printing press in the mid-15th century,the last thing on his mind was starting a...
Read more5Takes Vlog
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sqDY8I_PFI] This is the first of many videos I will be posting from the 5Takes series. This is a vlog, intended for quick turn and online only. This is not a finished, polished for air clip. As soon as...
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