Clash between mainstream media and New Media comes out in full Hollywood swing

One of the best movies out this year is "State of Play," starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren. It's now on DVD. It's a funning thing about Hollywood Movies. I rarely go to see the blockbusters at the movie theater any more. I wait until they come out in DVD. I enjoy them more. The only time I go to the big screen theater mow to see a new Hollywood release is to see the animated films with my son.

State of Play is basically about a Blackwater mercenary operation being investigated by a congressman (Afflek). Crowe plays a reporter for a Washington newspaper (The Globe, modeled after the Washington Post). But while the murder, mayhem and conspiracy theories make for great drama right out of the front pages of today's news, a secondary theme involves Crowe, the old fashioned, mainstream print reporter, who bumps heads with the newspaper's new lead blogger, played by Rachel McAddams.

Watching the new media tussle with the old media is a direct reflection of today's trend in journalism. The only problem, of course, is that Hollywood still favors the mainstream media (it's mainstream afterall) and they make the new media out to be untalented, unethical and always after the salacious headline rather than the facts.

Don't they say that about the mainstream news media?

-- Ray Hanania
http://www.radiochicagoland.com/

Blg World Conference Oct 15-17 in las Vegas

The big Blog World New Media Expo/Conference will be held this year in Las Vegas Oct. 15-17. Here's the link:

http://www.blogworldexpo.com

The conference showcases some of the best cutting edge thinking on how to improve your blog, network and get the word out. The conference is limited mainly to the insiders but by participating you can help expand their narrow roster of experts to include more voices and more experience.

-- Ray Hanania

www.RadioChicagoland.com