Mr. Magazine on… well… magazines!

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Dr. Samir Husni was in the audio booth today for an interview with NPR’s Jim Zarroli.  Professor Husni, who is better known in the publishing world as Mr. Magazine discussed the future of magazines with a specific emphasis on new releases.

Click below to hear Mr. Magazine’s thoughts on the current advertising cycle.

Knock! Knock! Who's there? Wisconsin Public Radio!

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If it seems like only last week that local author Jack Pendarvis paid a visit to the Media & Documentary Projects Center, it’s becasue it was! We used our trusty Zephyr ISDN line to connect Jack with the good people at Wisocnsin Public Broadcasting who produce the nationally syndicated radio show To the Best of Our Knowledge. Jack will be featured on an upcoming episode of the show reading his article “The 50 Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head” which was originally published in The Believer.

Audio Killed the Radio Star

Last week we recorded audio for a conference held at the University (it’s a secret…don’t ask). It was a great opportunity for us to work on our work flow for audio acquisition and definitely brought to light some issues we need to improve on.