(I read today that Tampa Palms developer Ken Good died on August 13, 2011, in Dallas. He had a profound and lasting impact on the Tampa Bay area in the late 1980s and I was reminded of a profile I wrote about him for the old Tampa Bay Life glossy magazine. I'm reprinting it here--as... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Michael Molenda, editor, Guitar Player magazine. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of folks with more hair than musical talent… in the new new media capitol of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! My son had a guitar — acoustic — for several years but the instrument never really captured his imagination.... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: America Olivo, actor, "Chicago P.D.," "Defiance," "DeGrassi: The Next Generation" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of shirtless, Levi Johnston wannabes… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you’re enjoying Mr. Media on video, you already know that the camera loves America... Continue Reading →
Image via Wikipedia There has been a lot of whining in recent years about the fate of the physical book—and, for that matter, magazines and newspapers. We’re in an era of rapidly shifting habits, spending more time, effort and money on the digital word over its print cousin. And yet there are some happy hangers-on... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Jeff Herman, literary agent, author, Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over! This is a tough time to be a writer, whether you’re on the staff of a newspaper or magazine or an independent like myself. Layoffs and budgets... Continue Reading →
If you’re old enough to remember dumbass books such as Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche—or my own Why Men Watch Football—then you know there have been a lot of cheap attempts to make money off the good nature of good men. But not by Jeff Wilser. This guy actually knows what he’s talking about.... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Jamie Ceaser, editor of Digizine. Originally Published September 16, 1996 Jamie Ceaser will either be on the cutting edge or the cutting room floor of new media. As managing editor of Digizine, one of a wave of magazines on CD-ROM showing up on newsstands, she faces an uphill battle in making the technology... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Dale Hrabi, editor, Blender Original Publication Date: January 27, 1997 How many times have you read a celebrity profile in some magazine and thought, "I wish I could actually hear So-and-So" actually say that." Or maybe you just wish magazines came with their own soundtracks, the way TV shows and movies do. Well,... Continue Reading →
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