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.
Create Your Own London Olympics Video
For those of us watching from America, The BBC seems to have done a stellar job of covering the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. However, owing to that old addage that you can’t make everyone happy, The Beeb received 2,425 complaints...
Read moreOur Grads Hit It Big With Their First PBS Series
The Rocky Mountain Experience is a new show set to premier on Rocky Mountain PBS April 14th at 7:30 MST TRME Showcases siblings Rick and Brian Higgins as they face off in adventurous activities throughout the Rocky Mountain Region!...
Read moreJob Opening – Web Futurist (what??)
Beats living in Brooklyn! Anyone who knows us knows that Lisa and I have been commuting to Nashville on a regular basis. We expect to be doing this for a while. We’re starting an extremely interesting project here with...
Read moreNew York Video Bootcamp at The Museum Tower
We’re back at The Museum Tower in New York for another 4-day intensive video bootcamp. The commute is pretty easy for us! Â But for the participants, they get to shoot their vides right in the heart of midtown, only...
Read moreFacebook – The Emperor Apparently Has No Clothes – or not so many
I like it… but I don’t pay any attention to the ads... The New York Times today reported that General Motors will stop running ads on Facebook. While GM only spends $10 million a year on its Facebook ads,...
Read moreJoin Us In London This Summer
This summer the Olympics are coming to London. There are going to be millions of people there, most of them shooting video on their cameras and iPhones. But in June, the month before the Olympics starts, we’re going to...
Read moreFacebook IPO – Is The Social Network The Next Bubble?
FACEBOOK IPO – IS THE BUBBLE ABOUT TO BURST? Megasite Facebook is preparing for its IPO. The valuations have been in the range of $100 billion. But now, at the precipice of the IPO, Facebook has amended its offering...
Read moreThe Instagram of Video – The Next Big Thing
The purchase of iPhone app Instagram for $1 Billion by Facebook was astonishing, but it focused people on what is fast becoming Web 3.0, which is a world in which people put stuff into the system as much as...
Read moreOprah Winfrey Network is Toast – Verizon Could Have Saved Her
photo of Oprah from The Daily Mail from Twitter, Tweeted by Oprah (so I hope there are no rights issues here) The Daily Mail, the UK newspaper everyone loves to read, announced today that The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)...
Read moreIs Facebook Finished? Here Comes Web 3.0
About a million years ago, I owned a house in Philadelphia. The New York Times had just bought VNI, which was based in Philly, and we had to move to NY. (No great tragedy there). The real estate market...
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