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When the presidency of the United States is at stake and not just a reality TV show competition, what is the media’s responsibility in this pattern of coverage and in considering the visibility of all candidates? Why is media coverage of Trump so superficial? Only recently has the media started looking at his business performance and his campaign claims. What might be the impact of serious media s...

Jack Rico, journalist, founder, and Editor-In-Chief of ShowBizCafe.com - an entertainment website which combines American and Latino mainstream pop culture. He is also the Entertainment Contributor for the TODAY show, MSNBC, Telemundo and NBCNews.com. Jack has covered the issues of race at the Oscars extensively and we are thrilled he is here to offer some insight as well as sharing his prediction...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the business of images. Co-founder and chairman of Getty Images, Jonathan Klein, talks about the culture in which Getty Images was built on, his love for media and the companies' future including the acquisition of Corbis Images library via the Visual China Group. Associate Producer: John Reilly Producer: Francesca LaBianco Social Media: Shakira Perez Execut...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the recent presidential primary elections in Iowa with essayist and opinion writer for New York magazine, Frank Rich. Prior to that Rich held multiple positions at The New York Times and is a known political commentator and the co-executive producer of the HBO Series Veep. Associate Producer: Abigail Ortez Producer: Juan Contla Social Media: Francesca LaBian...

On this episode, host Merrill Brown is joined by Peter Kafka, senior media editor at Recode.net to talk about the power of streaming giant Netflix and the fight for your living room. Host: Merrill Brown, Director of the School of Communications / Montclair State University Producer: Mike Sheehan Engineer: Mike Barnhart Executive producer: Anabella Poland

Just hours before the fifth Republican presidential debate, we were joined by political reporter Matt Katz of WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio. He has covered New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for five years, first for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he created The Christie Chronicles blog, and now for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio, where he runs The Christie Tracker, tweets @mattkatz00 and appea...

NYU scholar, blogger and press critic Jay Rosen writes and edits popular blog Press Thinks, where he blogs about the fate of the press in a digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today. As discussed on the last podcast with Eric Boehlert, the media coverage that drives national debates is riddled with misinformation. It is a confusing election with political opini...

A conversation about the state of the music business and how digital content consumption is changing. Interview with David Pakman, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock. David was the co-creator of the Apple Music Group, built one of the digital music field’s early and most influential successes emusic and is a leading expert on the changing digital music world. Today, music consumption is shi...

An open conversation about the latest on technology and media issues, and top business headlines hosted by Merrill Brown, Director of the School of Communication and Media. On our pilot episode we talk to NPR Media Correspondent, David Folkenflick, Media Download is a podcast produced by students of Montclair State University's School of Communication and Media and WMSC-FM, the school's radio stat...