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.
Dutch Public TV Network Looking To Hire VJs Worldwide. Interested?
Predictable? You bet! OK We’ve been talking for a while about the burgeoning market for video. Now, I have received an email from a show on Dutch Public Television and they’re looking for a few VJ correspondents worldwide. Here’s...
Read moreUnemployment and the Terrible Tyranny of Technologies
No short term fixes…. Jobs… jobs… jobs… Like everyone else I watched Obama’s speech to the full Congress, addressing an issue that is pivotal for he future of our nation – jobs. In today’s New York Times, columnist Tom...
Read moreTCA Alumnus Needs Your Help
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44D6sk_s-2w&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] lovely story, even if they don’t win…but let’ see if they can. Normally, I don’t respond to requests like this, but after I watched the video I was so moved that I thought, ‘what the hell, let’s help...
Read moreOk, How Do I Sell My Idea?
May I have your attention please? OK. You’ve got a great idea for a reality series for cable (or a video for someone’s website). You’ve put together a killer demo video. Now, you need the ‘meeting’. The chance to...
Read moreShow Me The Money! How To Price Yourself In The Video World
Here’s a good starting point For anyone getting into the video business, one of the most difficult problems you are going to face is how to ‘price’ yourself. That is, how much can I / do I charge for...
Read moreHow Ted Turner Became a Media Mogul- And So Can You
Learn from the best… Ted Turner, self-made billionaire, media mogul and the largest land-owner in the United States did not start out with billions. He made them himself, but he was able to do that by being able to...
Read moreHow To Get Started in Cable – Advice TO Time/Warner
St. Martin’s harbor, Ile de Re, France We got back last night from Ile de Re, France (see above). Coming into Newark after this was traumatic enough, but this morning, when I went to turn on the TV set,...
Read moreHow To Be The Rockefeller of Video
John D. Rockefeller I am reading TITAN, THEÂ LIFEÂ OF JOHNÂ DÂ ROCKEFELLER by Ron Chernow. This is a fascinating and absolutely captivating book, but also one with lessons for those of us in the burgeoning video business. Rockefeller started as a very...
Read moreHow a 16-Year Old With A Camcorder Built an Online Video Business
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCxcnogHs9M&feature=fvst[/youtube] A different kind of hyperlocal Jamal Edwards was a 16-year old kid in London who got a camcorder for his birthday. He used it to start videoing the things he was interested in – the hip hop scene...
Read moreIs This The Worst Hyperlocal News Site in America?
Like most people, I am inundated with emails from Vice Presidents of banks in Nigeria. They tell me that I have been specially selected to help move $58 million from an account in Nigeria (generally one belonging to someone with...
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