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 Solution to the Brian Williams Dilemma
Think about it…. (image courtesy Wikicommons) So NBC seems to have a problem. Should Brian Williams come back? Personally, I can’t see what all the agonizing is over, but it might have something to do with the reported $30...
Read moreWhy Smart People Have to Embrace Video
Life changing… In 1985, Neil Postman published a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death. Every once in a while you read a book that completely changes the way you see the world. Once (or maybe twice) you read a...
Read moreThe Selfie World
Captured imaginations We have the pleasure of living in Midtown Manhattan. This also means we have the misfortune of living a few blocks from Times Square. Normally, we try and avoid Times Square at all costs – even if...
Read moreHow To Cut The Cost of News – England Shows The Way
A different way of looking at the British elections… Although it is still two years away, America is gearing up for its Presidential election. With Hillary having already raised more than a reported $2 billion, a lot of money...
Read moreTragic News – Millions for Nothing
Here are two tragic news stories that appeared back to back last week: London Live and Al Jazeera. Both are TV news start ups that had a lot of money behind them – London Live is London’s only local...
Read moreWhat Is News Worth?
Newsroom of The Daily Telegraph Some years ago, I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting Jim Rogers, the self-made billionaire (or maybe it was just hundreds of millions), and partner of George Soros. Of course, I asked him...
Read moreVerizon Buys AOL for Online Video
Verizon today announced that it was buying AOL for an astonishing (at least to me) $4.4 billion. According to most sources, they were buying AOL because they want to get into the online video business. I am not sure...
Read moreCan Newspapers Survive? Here’s A Plan….
This terrifying graphic came from a Nieman Report on the state of the news business, released last week. As you can see above, newspapers are now circling the drain. And all the theoretical discussions about ‘digital revenue’ are not...
Read moreIce, The Olympics & NBC
This 1852 drawing, from Gleason’s Drawing Room Companion, shows ice harvesting on Spy Pond in Arlington, Massachusetts in the mid-19th century (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Ice used to be a big business. A very big business. Ice was harvested from...
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