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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

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

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 LaBianco

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland

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 appears weekly on WNYC's Christie Tracker Podcast. His book "American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge To Redemption" publishes January 19th.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 opinion versus fact checking raising questions about a key principle of a strong democracy: that a well-informed electorate is best.

Credits:

Host: Merrill Brown, Director of The School of Communication and Media

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 shifting to streaming service competitors, the business model for the entire industry is changing and Apple is flexing its muscle with its 4 month old Apple Music service. Both the music industry and the digital content businesses have major challenges ahead even as they grow huge audiences. Also, hear his fascinating work at venture capital firm Venrock and how they research trends 10 to 20 years down the line. If you want to learn more about David Pakman and his work, please visit his blog http://www.pakman.com.

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 station and hosted by the Director of the School of Communication and Media, Merrill Brown.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 shifting to streaming service competitors, the business model for the entire industry is changing and Apple is flexing its muscle with its 4 month old Apple Music service. Both the music industry and the digital content businesses have major challenges ahead even as they grow huge audiences. Also, hear his fascinating work at venture capital firm Venrock and how they research trends 10 to 20 years down the line. If you want to learn more about David Pakman and his work, please visit his blog http://www.pakman.com.

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 station and hosted by the Director of the School of Communication and Media, Merrill Brown.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 station and hosted by the Director of the School of Communication and Media, Merrill Brown.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 station and hosted by the Director of the School of Communication and Media, Merrill Brown.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM

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 station and hosted by the Director of the School of Communication and Media, Merrill Brown.

Credits:

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM