The Marlowsphere Blog

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The Importance of Character in the Classroom (I)

The Marlowshpere (#16) I ended last week’s blog "Texts, Lies & the Internet" with the following: Part...
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Texts, Lies, and the Internet

The Marlowsphere (#15) This coming September 2012 I will begin my 25th year teaching at...
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NARAS Reinstates the Latin Jazz Grammy Category: A Victory That Should Give Us Pause

The Marlowsphere (#14) On Friday, June 8, 2012, the National Academy of Recording Arts and...
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Media Consolidation: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Profits

The Marlowsphere (#13) A couple of weeks ago, the Latin Jazz listserve provided a link...

Return on Investment & Radio Promoters: A One-Sided Guarantee

The Marlowsphere (#12) Getting radio play for an independently produced album—whether pop, hip-hop, classical or...
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The Demise of News[on]papers: 160+ Years In The Making

The Marlowsphere (#11) For several years, the collective circulation of newspapers in the United States...
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Promoting Artistic Product On YouTube & Vimeo: Legal & Quality Issues

The Marlowsphere (#10) When a third party videos a performance and puts it on YouTube...
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Evolving Technologies Drive Journalism

The Marlowsphere (#9) On May 1, I attended a panel discussion among five stellar thinkers...
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The Power of Nostalgia

The Marlowsphere (#8) As some of you know, I teach courses in media and culture...
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Bringing Jazz & The Arts to the Campus and Vice Versa

The Marlowsphere (#7) The celebration of the arts generally and jazz in particular in April...