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Dan Sforzas, Managing Editor for The Record (North Jersey), soon to be leading The Record's investigative team, joins Merrill Brown to talk about the latest on the #Bridgegate trial. Background: a top political appointee of Governor Chris Christie and his former deputy chief of staff, are both facing felony charges over what prosecutors say was a criminal scheme to inflict gridlock traffic in the...

Margaret Sullivan, media columnist of The Washington Post and former public editor of The New York Times, joins Merrill Brown on this episode of Media Download. They discuss the media's coverage of this presidential campaign and the upcoming presidential debate between Trump and Clinton.

Tom Hall, Executive Director of The Montclair Film Festival joins us to discuss the festival now on its 5th year. During this year's festival they'll be unveiling major motion pictures, releasing student made films, independent films and hosting conversations with famous directors, actors and more. Tom Hall is responsible for development, fundraising, sponsorship, education, marketing, event plann...

We are joined by Evan Matthews, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education at Montclair State to discuss benefits and risks of popular smartwatches and Fitbit bands. These trendy gadgets offer us new ways to monitor and improve self-health. Anyone of any age can have a "personal health assistant" that tracks and uses vital information to promote a healthier lifestyle. But are t...

Mark Green, NYC's first Public Advocate and author/editor of 23 books, latest being next month's Bright, Infinite Future: A Generational Memoir on the Progressive Rise joins us to discuss the upcoming NY primaries on April 19th.

Joe Nocera, sports business columnist at The New York Times, discusses the “Indentured” Athlete - Inside Rebellion Against the NCAA."

Matt Katz, a political reporter for WNYC radio and resident Chris Christie expert. Matt is the creator of the Chris Christie Chronicles blog as well as the host of the Chris Christie Tracker radio podcast. He is the recipient of the 2015 Peabody award for news coverage of the infamous Bridgegate scandal as well as a winner of the Livingston Award for international reporting while in Afghanistan.

Today we were joined by Dr. Joel Penney to discuss live streaming and digital privacy. Dr. Penney is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Media here at Montclair State, specializing in new media, critical/cultural studies, and political communication and theory. Dr. Penney is currently working on a book project that explores how citizens participate in political marketing camp...

On this episode we talk to Chris Poland, founder and president of Eclipse Records, about the state of the music industry from an indie label perspective. The Recording Industry Association of America has announced that streaming will now counts towards song and album sales. As a rights owner, Poland has seen the change in consumer consumption habits from compact discs to downloads and then to stre...

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...