Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff
Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, and recording artist. He was honored as a Steinway Artist and obtained a Broadcast Music, Inc. award. Wolff has Tourette syndrome...
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth31 July 1952
CityVictorville, CA
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You may know that ABC has sent its senior correspondent home. So I guess my question is: Why should we stay? What's the value to us for what we learn at this million-dollar press center?
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The distinction between the 3rd floor and the 14th floor used to be real. The editor was always in charge. That's no longer the case. And it's hard to avoid the conclusion that while Pinch has been running the paper, it just lurches from crisis to crisis. At some point you have to question the quality of his leadership.
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Covering celebrities is inexpensive, and that's a profound thing when you try to calculate why (the media) cover it. The people who take your pictures aren't on your payroll. We've created this economic model which works for the celebrities and the media.
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The traditional media are asking themselves with some degree of desperation how they can make money out of this.
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Let's focus on what the big deal is here,
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When the source is a story. That's a softball question.
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What happens, ... is that people say, well if you've changed that, what else have you changed? If you've manipulated that, what else have you manipulated?
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This summer I actually had the opportunity to play at Royal Albert Hall in London with my band, Bobby McFerrin and The African Children's Choir. There were over 6,000 people sitting in the audience with another 900 people standing. It was the most exciting experience, just totally amazing.
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It's all about playing for a live audience.
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It's quite possible that of all the scandals and disturbances that the Times has gone through, this is the worst.
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Nobody believes in network news anymore. This helps CBS maintain the show until they figure out how to get out of network news.
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It was really cool being able to do a band together like that. It was a truly unique experience. It was also a luxury to have a live audience while we were playing to see their reaction.
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Journalists and media people here are really distancing themselves from Judith Miller,
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I think it is an understandable and pretty predictable course for him to take. Murdoch is a nervous guy. The idea that he might be missing out on something is awfully painful. But he is just dipping his toes in. Why buy these? Partly because he can afford them. He's not making big bets here.