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.
I Make My Living Doing Videos for YouTube – CES Report
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRd4IDKFSxM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Courtesy, Pat Younge, BBC The CES has always been a place where you get to take a look at the near future, and it would seem that with the monetization of YouTube via Google Adsense, it is now possible...
Read moreWhy Taking Control of TV Content is so Important
 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO8mdK46AU8&feature=related[/youtube] We baked cupcakes while Rome burned Television is the most powerful medium we have ever created – and the most under-utilized. The average American will spend more time watching TV in a lifetime than any other activity...
Read moreFlash – Oprah Shoots OWN Master Show in DSLR
I have lifted this entire piece from Cliff Etzel’s excellent reporting. Cliff is a founding member of NYVS and one of the pioneers of the VJ movement. Nice job Cliff!! “The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has released a teaser...
Read moreThe Courage To Change – What News Can Learn from 1346
That took guts, but it changed the world Two weeks ago, we had a meeting with the head of a network in England and his top news people. Unlike so many meetings in the past, everyone at the table...
Read moreWhy Radio Mics Are A Really Good Idea
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Read moreThe Thrill of Victory – The Agony of Defeat
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] Making sports video compelling -OK, MORE compelling My sister’s kids LOVE the Yankees. My brother-in-law Ted pretty much goes into bankruptcy every time the Yankees go to the World Series (which is all too often), because he has...
Read moreAndre Kertesz Retrospective – Zzzzzzzzz
what the fork??? Yesterday, we went to the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris to see a massive retrospective of the photographer Andre Kertesz. Kertesz is rated as one of the world’s great photographers, and his work spans much...
Read moreIn 1993 ATT Predicted The Future – And Got It Right
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8[/youtube] better than Nostradamus In 1993, ATT ran a series of TV spots called “You Will”. They were an attempt to predict the future. ATT got it pretty much all right. It’s amazing to look at these now and...
Read moreEveryone Is A Critic
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJarz7BYnHA[/youtube] All too true… An Interesting article in The New York Times on Sunday opens the door to an entirely new realm of DIY TV. The article is actually a profile of Peter Principato, an agent for aspiring comics,...
Read moreIndian Village TV
Miss India, 2010 Yesterday’s NY Times carried an article by Anand Giridharadas that gave me an idea. The piece was a profile of village life in India. It centered on one Ravindra Misal, who lives in the small village...
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