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.
Sky Reporter Joe Daunt and the iPhone
Joe Daunt<iframe width=”620″ height=”350″ src=”http://tyneandwear.sky.com/embed/video/30516″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Joe Daunt, Videojournalist for UK based Sky Sports in Newcastle sent me the piece above. Shot entirely on an iPhone, Daunt is proof that the future for news and online video is...
Read moreApple TV – The Final Frontier
Who needs a network? There is a lot of buzz in the blogosphere, in the regular press and this morning on CBS News about Apple’s latest about to be relaeased maybe Apple TV. That would make it the Apple...
Read moreThe New York Times, The BBC & Video
The future face of The New York Times The New York Times Company today announced that they were hiring Mark Thompson, former Director General of The BBC to be the new President and CEO of The Times Company. The...
Read more500 Channels and Nothing to Watch
now this is exciting… Have you ever sat in front of your TV and flipped through the cable channels, channel after channel after channel and found nothing to watch? It happens all the time. The addition of the ‘guide’...
Read moreThe Machine Gun and the Media
There is an old expression that goes ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. Ever hear it? Nothing could be further from the truth. In point of fact, the world works in exactly the opposite way. New inventions come along...
Read moreHarry Potter and the iPhone
Christ Church College – Oxford University This week I have been attending a course on the History of the British Empire at Christ Church College, Oxford University in England. Christ Church is known for many things, but based on...
Read moreUndefeated champion 1889-2012 Watching the Olympics here in the UK (where I get to see them in real time and not have to wait 6 hours for NBC to deign to let me see them), one cannot be struck...
Read moreYouTube Opens First Creator Space
YouTube In 2002, I opened a video bar/cafe on the Lower East Side in NY, just across the street from CBGB. It was a place anyone could come into, get cameras, access to editing, training and a cup of...
Read moreZimbabwe Beats Out NBC On Olympics Coverage
OK I am sitting in my apartment in New York and it is 6PM in NY and 11PM in London. The, so I am told, spectacular Olympics opening Ceremonies, directed by Danny Boyle are over. They were, so I...
Read moreWhy Oprah Failed In India
“Self Help is not a substitute for content” TV ‘personality’ Oprah Winfrey was in India last January and produced a multi-part series for her foundering cable channel. I have no idea what the budget for this thing ran, but...
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