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.
Before There Was Twitter There Were Telegrams.. STOP
When every word cost something. Long before there was Twitter there were telegrams. They were the physical child of the telegraph, the first rapid communications system in the world. Those who wished to send telegrams paid by the word,...
Read moreWhy Current TV Failed… and what they’re not doing about it
Currently in trouble…. OK Before I start, full disclosure. I am a shareholder in Current TV Which makes me hope that new CEO Mark Rosenthal’s strategy for success will work. But I am not so sure. The intitial idea...
Read moreCan An Indy Feature Also Sell Houses?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYy–_afks[/youtube] I think we’re getting close to something interesting here… Chad Sylvester, TCA Alum sent me the above. He made it along with Colby Michaud. Chad is not a filmmaker – or at least he wasnt’ when he took...
Read moreCragislist TV – A World of Options
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twWB4QstgA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Craigslist TV Not so many years ago, Craig Newmark brought down just about every newspaper in this country with his Craigslist. In one simple act, he and a handful of employees working out of a garage in San...
Read moreWhy TV Sucks
Is that a video camera in your hand? I run 3-4 miles every morning. I used to listen to music on my iPod, but my friend Mark Bittman (who just ran the Albany marathon yesterday) suggested I try books...
Read moreThe Fractionalization of Power
Who decides what we see? There was an interesting story on NPR this morning on I Love Lucy and its impact on American television and culture. I Love Lucy began with the birth of television as a seminal medium....
Read moreHow One of our TCA Grads Went on to Star in his Own Reality Show!
Tune in Mondays at 10! A few years ago we had a student in our of our New York bootcamps. He was from South Carolina – a former State Trooper who ran drug dogs. He had set up his...
Read moreHow NOT to Raise Money for an Indy film
First, make your video embeddable! OK So yesterday we had a discussion about how to make the world’s worst political commercial. (Incidentally, I emailed my comments to Terryl Clark’s campaign office. So far, no response. (I think she’s gonna...
Read moreHow NOT to Make A Political Ad
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQLBizwosY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Unbelievably terrible I don’t want to get into politics here.. but… this ad for Tarryl Clark (did you even know it was for her) is one of the worst political ads I have ever seen. It is terribly...
Read moreHow To Win Friends, Influence People and Get Someone to Let You Shove a Camera In Their Face
The Real Housewives of Ngorogoro…. OK Hellboy raises a really good question in the nyvs.com Forum today: “Even if I learn to shoot and edit perfectly, I feel like my real sucess depends on how well I can interact...
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