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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:45:00 +0200
Back in the early days following Al Gore’s invention of the Internet, there were a few hardy souls delivering content via something called “Netscape.”
One of those people, back in 1994, was me – Mr. Media. I started doing this as a syndicated weekly newspaper feature and web site back when newspaper editors didn’t know URLs from their – oh, never mind that.
One of the first compadres I encountered was Aaron Barnhart, who was writing something called “Late Show News,” which followed David Letterman, Jay Leno and a few other guys whose names are better left unsaid.
After five years, Aaron— the TV critic for the Kansas City Star —broadened his scope to all TV and changed the name of his web operation to TV Barn. He’s been at it ever since and is concerned a dean among his counterpart.
Eric Deggans hasn’t been a TV critic quite as long but he joined the St. Petersburg Times in 1995 and has spent 11 years covering TV and media. He’s also covered music and served on the paper’s editorial board.
Eric made his rep nationally by campaigning for greater representation of minorities in network television. You may have also seen him as a guest on Sunday morning talk shows, including CNN’s “Reliable Sources.”
And he, like Aaron, runs a popular TV and media blog. His is called The Feed.
I’ve asked these guys–both of whom I considered old friends—to join us tonight to talk about the upcoming TV season and the future of technology on TV.
You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with KANSAS CITY STAR TV critic AARON BARNHART and ST. PETERSBURG TIMES TV and media critic ERIC DEGGANS by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!
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One of those people, back in 1994, was me – Mr. Media. I started doing this as a syndicated weekly newspaper feature and web site back when newspaper editors didn’t know URLs from their – oh, never mind that.
One of the first compadres I encountered was Aaron Barnhart, who was writing something called “Late Show News,” which followed David Letterman, Jay Leno and a few other guys whose names are better left unsaid.
After five years, Aaron— the TV critic for the Kansas City Star —broadened his scope to all TV and changed the name of his web operation to TV Barn. He’s been at it ever since and is concerned a dean among his counterpart.
Eric Deggans hasn’t been a TV critic quite as long but he joined the St. Petersburg Times in 1995 and has spent 11 years covering TV and media. He’s also covered music and served on the paper’s editorial board.
Eric made his rep nationally by campaigning for greater representation of minorities in network television. You may have also seen him as a guest on Sunday morning talk shows, including CNN’s “Reliable Sources.”
And he, like Aaron, runs a popular TV and media blog. His is called The Feed.
I’ve asked these guys–both of whom I considered old friends—to join us tonight to talk about the upcoming TV season and the future of technology on TV.
You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with KANSAS CITY STAR TV critic AARON BARNHART and ST. PETERSBURG TIMES TV and media critic ERIC DEGGANS by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:49:00 +0200
Former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan ("Morning in America") gave Democrats exactly what they wanted today during a commercial break on MSNBC, calling John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his vice presidential running mate, "political bullsh*t." Give a listen!
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:00:00 +0200
The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the same time, take advantage of First Amendment protections.
At least that was my thinking as I laughed my way through John Darnton’s fifth work of fiction, Black & White and Dead All Over.
This roman à clef comes to us in the same twisted spirit as the 1996 sensation, Primary Colors by “Anonymous,” who was later revealed to be Newsweek columnist Joe Klein.
Darnton is a 42-year New York Times veteran reporter, editor and foreign correspondent who was awarded two George Polk Awards for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and the Pulitzer Prize for his stories that were smuggled out of Poland during the period of martial law.
And I’m guessing fewer co-workers at the old Grey Lady are on speaking terms with him, thanks to Black & White.
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At least that was my thinking as I laughed my way through John Darnton’s fifth work of fiction, Black & White and Dead All Over.
This roman à clef comes to us in the same twisted spirit as the 1996 sensation, Primary Colors by “Anonymous,” who was later revealed to be Newsweek columnist Joe Klein.
Darnton is a 42-year New York Times veteran reporter, editor and foreign correspondent who was awarded two George Polk Awards for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and the Pulitzer Prize for his stories that were smuggled out of Poland during the period of martial law.
And I’m guessing fewer co-workers at the old Grey Lady are on speaking terms with him, thanks to Black & White.
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Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:25:00 +0200
We’re going to do something a little different on Mr. Media today – instead of being a half-wit know-it-all, I’m going to try to learn something practical from my guest.
Joining me is Steve Rosenbaum, who developed, created and produced the groundbreaking “MTV Unfiltered” program in 1993. Shot entirely by viewers, UNfiltered marked the first fully user-created program in television history and was the model used by Al Gore for CURRENT.TV. Along the way networks such as CBS, A&E, and HBO all counted on Rosenbaum to help them explore and deploy user-generated video in programming.
Today, Rosenbaum is behind a new venture, Magnify.net, which uses video in still new ways. If you’re a blogger, podcaster or web site producer, I think you’ll find this program particularly interesting – and practical, as Steve walks me through posting video content on an actual web site.
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Joining me is Steve Rosenbaum, who developed, created and produced the groundbreaking “MTV Unfiltered” program in 1993. Shot entirely by viewers, UNfiltered marked the first fully user-created program in television history and was the model used by Al Gore for CURRENT.TV. Along the way networks such as CBS, A&E, and HBO all counted on Rosenbaum to help them explore and deploy user-generated video in programming.
Today, Rosenbaum is behind a new venture, Magnify.net, which uses video in still new ways. If you’re a blogger, podcaster or web site producer, I think you’ll find this program particularly interesting – and practical, as Steve walks me through posting video content on an actual web site.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:00 +0200
I loved her in Mean Girls, but I'm not sure that's a qualification to be vice president of the United States. (Photo credit: The Wall Street Journal)Copyright 2008 Bob Andelman. Click here for copyright permissions! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:21:00 +0200
The good news: His TV dad is Benjamin Bratt.
The bad news: His TV dad is an avenging angel for God.
Brett DelBuono (pronounced Del-BUno) currently stars as “Ben Banks” alongside Bratt on the A&E original drama, The Cleaner. Judging from the number of teen girls who called and raved about him during this interview, I think he's going to be very, very popular. That, and he's a funny, clever kid; listen for his imitation of his Balls of Fury co-star Christopher Walken!
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The bad news: His TV dad is an avenging angel for God.
Brett DelBuono (pronounced Del-BUno) currently stars as “Ben Banks” alongside Bratt on the A&E original drama, The Cleaner. Judging from the number of teen girls who called and raved about him during this interview, I think he's going to be very, very popular. That, and he's a funny, clever kid; listen for his imitation of his Balls of Fury co-star Christopher Walken!
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:42:27 +0200
Never let a good brand die.
That seems to be the marching order given to Brent Poer, general manager of TheWB.com, the web video site launching on Wednesday, August 27.
The WB, as you will recall, began in January 1995, and was the short-lived network home of many pop culture TV icons including Seventh Heaven, Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Charmed, Gilmour Girls and Smallville. It ended its short but lively tenure in a merger with the UPN network a few years ago, forming The CW.
I can’t think of a single CW show I’ve watched more than once with the possible exception of Smallville. But UPN and The WB, I always thought, owned distinctive identities.
And now my guest, Brent Poer, is posed to bring The WB back from the dead.
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That seems to be the marching order given to Brent Poer, general manager of TheWB.com, the web video site launching on Wednesday, August 27.
The WB, as you will recall, began in January 1995, and was the short-lived network home of many pop culture TV icons including Seventh Heaven, Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Charmed, Gilmour Girls and Smallville. It ended its short but lively tenure in a merger with the UPN network a few years ago, forming The CW.
I can’t think of a single CW show I’ve watched more than once with the possible exception of Smallville. But UPN and The WB, I always thought, owned distinctive identities.
And now my guest, Brent Poer, is posed to bring The WB back from the dead.
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:06:00 +0200
Kyle Schickner’s new indie drama Steam had me at “it co-stars Ally Sheedy and Ruby Dee,” but made me a fan when Kate Siegel’s character says, “Mom, I’m a lesbian.”
I know it doesn’t sound funny, being out of context and all, but it cracked me up.
If you get the chance to see Steam at a film festival, please do. If you can’t find it there, take Mr. Media’s advice and request it in advance at Netflix or Blockbuster. It’s a sweet, satisfying little film with a great cast.
Speaking of its great cast, I’m delighted to welcome two of lead actresses from Steam—Ally Sheedy and Kate Siegel—to today’s show, as well as writer/director Kyle Schickner.
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I know it doesn’t sound funny, being out of context and all, but it cracked me up.
If you get the chance to see Steam at a film festival, please do. If you can’t find it there, take Mr. Media’s advice and request it in advance at Netflix or Blockbuster. It’s a sweet, satisfying little film with a great cast.
Speaking of its great cast, I’m delighted to welcome two of lead actresses from Steam—Ally Sheedy and Kate Siegel—to today’s show, as well as writer/director Kyle Schickner.
You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with ALLY SHEEDY, KATE SIEGEL and KYLE SCHICKNER by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:43:00 +0200
I’m getting hungry already.
What do you expect—today’s guest is Joe Ariel, founder and CEO of Eats Media Group, which publishes a regional network of Eats magazines and College Eats magazine, as well as producing Eats.com. And unless I’m mistaken, we’re going to talk a lot about food.
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What do you expect—today’s guest is Joe Ariel, founder and CEO of Eats Media Group, which publishes a regional network of Eats magazines and College Eats magazine, as well as producing Eats.com. And unless I’m mistaken, we’re going to talk a lot about food.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:54:47 +0200
She's been a dancer and an actress, and now she's the voice of several popular animated characters, including two known all over the world: "Cindy Vortex" on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and "Sandy Cheeks" on SpongeBob Squarepants, both on Nickelodeon. She's also the voice on "Orel" on Moral Orel.
She's also done commercials for Toyota, McDonald's, 7-Eleven and more. You've heard her voice in videogames such as Spyro, Resident Evil 4, and Everquest. And you've seen her on episodes of Caroline in the City, Seventh Heaven, and Muscle.
Her movie credits include characters in Little Man Tate and Vampires Anonymous.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please join my special co-host and 11-year-old daughter Rachel (who wrote this introduction) and I in welcoming Carolyn Lawrence to Mr. Media!
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She's also done commercials for Toyota, McDonald's, 7-Eleven and more. You've heard her voice in videogames such as Spyro, Resident Evil 4, and Everquest. And you've seen her on episodes of Caroline in the City, Seventh Heaven, and Muscle.
Her movie credits include characters in Little Man Tate and Vampires Anonymous.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please join my special co-host and 11-year-old daughter Rachel (who wrote this introduction) and I in welcoming Carolyn Lawrence to Mr. Media!
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Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:04:00 +0200
"Now we gut him like a fish."
-- Haim Saban, producer of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," speaking in Hebrew to Avi Arad--then CEO of Marvel Comics toy division--about how they were going to screw Kiss frontman Gene Simmons in a deal for a "Kiss Meet the X-Men" Saturday morning cartoon show deal. Saban didn't know that Simmons, who was born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, also spoke Hebrew. Simmons responded in Hebrew, "You asshole. I'm one of you."
The story is recounted in a major profile on Saban by Amy Wallace in the September 2008 issue of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine. ("Haim Saban, Power Ranger.")
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The first contact I ever had with Ed Droste was when I spotted a wreck of a boat along the north side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Clearwater, Florida. I had seen the wreck before, but this time, someone had painted “Hooters” on the hull in bright orange paint.
Hooters Restaurant – the original – had opened near the apartment in which I lived and it was already the talk of the town, thanks to its scantily clad, smart-mouthed waitresses, delicious chicken wings, ice cold beer and casual atmosphere.
That, and it’s single billboard across the street, featuring future Playboy Playmate, Lynne Austin.
I was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times back then, a cub reporter, and I convinced my editor that we should write about these Hooters guys, of which Droste was one of the six founders.
It’s a story I have gone back to again and again over the years because it’s never gotten dull. The company which passed $1 billion in revenues last year and has hundreds of restaurants in dozens of countries, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October. And nobody understands what gets the media’s attention better than Ed Droste.
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Hooters Restaurant – the original – had opened near the apartment in which I lived and it was already the talk of the town, thanks to its scantily clad, smart-mouthed waitresses, delicious chicken wings, ice cold beer and casual atmosphere.
That, and it’s single billboard across the street, featuring future Playboy Playmate, Lynne Austin.
I was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times back then, a cub reporter, and I convinced my editor that we should write about these Hooters guys, of which Droste was one of the six founders.
It’s a story I have gone back to again and again over the years because it’s never gotten dull. The company which passed $1 billion in revenues last year and has hundreds of restaurants in dozens of countries, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October. And nobody understands what gets the media’s attention better than Ed Droste.
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Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:28:08 +0200
Shockwave. Fire Serpent, Komodo vs. King Cobra, Hallowed Ground. Secret Lives of Second Wives. Loch Ness Terror.
It doesn’t matter whether you’ve seen or even heard of these real movie titles, because they’re providing a profitable existence for Paul Hertzberg, president and CEO of CineTel Films.
Movie fans focused on the weekly Top 10 movies and their box office take are missing an entire dimension of the film business. That’s where independents such as CineTel operate, cranking out movies largely on the fringes but with enough familiar elements as to tempt the casual movie renter.
Today we’re going to find out from Hertzberg how his corner of the business operates and thrives.
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It doesn’t matter whether you’ve seen or even heard of these real movie titles, because they’re providing a profitable existence for Paul Hertzberg, president and CEO of CineTel Films.
Movie fans focused on the weekly Top 10 movies and their box office take are missing an entire dimension of the film business. That’s where independents such as CineTel operate, cranking out movies largely on the fringes but with enough familiar elements as to tempt the casual movie renter.
Today we’re going to find out from Hertzberg how his corner of the business operates and thrives.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:26:00 +0200
Today is a big day for my guest, Peter Salett: his new album, In the Ocean of the Stars was released this very day.
Peter, if you don’t know him, is an accomplished musician whose career has been pumped up in recent years by his association with the hottest director of film comedies in the country, Judd Apatow. Peter co-wrote three songs for the recent movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall with its star, Jason Segel. Peter also had a brief on-camera appearance in another Apatow hit, Superbad,
And Peter has a continuing relationship with another director, David Wain, for whose films The Ten, Hot Wet American Summer and the upcoming Paul Rudd movie, Role Models, he has contributed songs.
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Peter, if you don’t know him, is an accomplished musician whose career has been pumped up in recent years by his association with the hottest director of film comedies in the country, Judd Apatow. Peter co-wrote three songs for the recent movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall with its star, Jason Segel. Peter also had a brief on-camera appearance in another Apatow hit, Superbad,
And Peter has a continuing relationship with another director, David Wain, for whose films The Ten, Hot Wet American Summer and the upcoming Paul Rudd movie, Role Models, he has contributed songs.
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Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:46:04 +0200
I go back just as far as possible in the Star Wars viewing world. Before the original movie even opened in theaters back in 1977, my friend Bob Pinaha and I received invitations to its red carpet premiere at the Loew’s Astor Plaza Theater in New York City. It was a spectacular night – who could ever forget the opening shot of that battle cruiser coming into view and feeling it was literally over our heads?
Not long after that, I got my driver’s license and went on my first “date” – Carol Burger and I jumped in my 1963 black Ford Falcon after school and drove to Paramus, NJ, and saw the movie at the only 70- mm theater around.
I had never been to Paramus before—or driven on the NJ Turnpike or the Garden State Parkway, for that matter—but somehow, we got there. Getting home in the dark, on the other hand, was another story.
The point is, I’ve always been captivated by the Star Wars movies and mythos. And while I’m not obsessed to the point of dressing as a storm trooper on weekends, I am looking forward to the latest chapter in the unfolding George Lucas universe.
On August 15, Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens worldwide in movie theaters. It is a feature-length animated film that begins to delve into the “clone wars” that Luke Skywalker asked Obi-Wan Kenobi about in the original movie ("You fought in the clone wars?"). It is set between the events of Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (2005).
The movie will ultimately lead into an animated television series that will debut in the Cartoon Network and also appear on TNT.
All of which is my way of explaining the importance of my guest, Catherine Taber.
Catherine is the actress who steps into the role of Padmé Amidala, made famous in episodes one through three by Natalie Portman. Catherine voices Padmé in the movie and she continues on the job throughout the television series.
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Not long after that, I got my driver’s license and went on my first “date” – Carol Burger and I jumped in my 1963 black Ford Falcon after school and drove to Paramus, NJ, and saw the movie at the only 70- mm theater around.
I had never been to Paramus before—or driven on the NJ Turnpike or the Garden State Parkway, for that matter—but somehow, we got there. Getting home in the dark, on the other hand, was another story.
The point is, I’ve always been captivated by the Star Wars movies and mythos. And while I’m not obsessed to the point of dressing as a storm trooper on weekends, I am looking forward to the latest chapter in the unfolding George Lucas universe.
On August 15, Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens worldwide in movie theaters. It is a feature-length animated film that begins to delve into the “clone wars” that Luke Skywalker asked Obi-Wan Kenobi about in the original movie ("You fought in the clone wars?"). It is set between the events of Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (2005).
The movie will ultimately lead into an animated television series that will debut in the Cartoon Network and also appear on TNT.
All of which is my way of explaining the importance of my guest, Catherine Taber.
Catherine is the actress who steps into the role of Padmé Amidala, made famous in episodes one through three by Natalie Portman. Catherine voices Padmé in the movie and she continues on the job throughout the television series.
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