Ellis Henican: Uncle Ted, is it payback time yet?

Ok…I admit it…I have my favorites…people who are close friends, advisors and people who I trust..both personally and professionally and the feeling (I hope) is mutual. I don’t need to name them…just check my blog on a regular basis and you will notice I use terms like “my good friend,” “my dear friend,” “my advisor” and my Rabbi (or shall I say Rabbis?).

Anyway, one of the newest members of the mishpacah (extended family in Yiddish) is Ellis Henican…Newsday Columnist, Fox News Analyist, radio show host (WOR, Fox Radio Network to name a few) and one of our favorite NY:MIEG moderators.

Henican’s column in today’s Newsday is one of the best I’ve read about this whole Caroline Kennedy For Senator business.

How they elected a Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy isn’t the senator. Not yet. But even now, it isn’t a minute too soon to look at the facts as we know them and tease out the backroom politics. I may be getting ahead of myself here. But believe me, there’s an awfully juicy backstory… Read more

The Marvin Kitman Show

If you are a Long Islander, Newsday reader and around my age (early 50’s) the name Marvin Kitman is probably familiar.

Marvin Kitman was the media critic at Newsday. His column, “The Marvin Kitman Show,” began on Dec. 7, 1969. On April 1, 2005, he stepped down from his position of power. As he explained, “Newsday gave me a tryout, and after 35 years we decided it wasn’t working out.” He is the author of nine books. His newest book is “The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O’Reilly,” published by St. Martin’s Press. Read more

NY:MIEG Event in Newsday

Special thanks to my buddy Ellis Henican in his column in Newsday today (Sunday Nov. 9, 2008) for a great write-up about our breakfast event this coming Thursday.

RACING AHEAD: Guerrilla blogs, social-network sites, 24-hour cable, print, wires and assorted smashups of each: No wonder Campaign 2008 felt like a breakneck new-media-old-media-any-media collision course! But Brian Reich (EchoDitto), Amanda Michel (Off the Bus), Rachel Sterne (Ground Report) and Michael Oreskes (AP) will measure the skid marks and reveal what’s up ahead at “The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really in Charge,” Thursday, 7:30 a.m., in the Samsung Experience in the Time Warner Center, sponsored by the new-media visionaries at iFOCOS and NY: MIEG.

FOR THE COMPLETE ARTICLE FROM NEWSDAY CLICK HERE

November 4, 2008: A Day That Will Live In Fame or Infamy?

OK…I admit it…I am a Ellis Henican fan. I read his column in Newsday, AM New York and look forward to his appearances on Fox News and Fox Radio…not to mention his occasional stints as moderator at those “infamous” NY:MIEG events

Once again, his column is right on target and today’s piece from AMNew York is no exception. (BTW, Ellis will be moderating our event next Thursday, Nov 13th entitled “THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND THE MEDIA; WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?”

Historic.

The word’s been tossed around so loosely this year, it’s been losing some of its zing - cheapened perhaps forever as a political tool.

Yes, we know: Barack Obama would be the first black president.

Yes, we know: John McCain would be the oldest first-term president.

Yes, we know: Sarah Palin would be the first female vice president.

But those three facts, powerful as they are, are just a small part of the history being made here. No matter how the votes come in, Election 2008 really will rewrite the history books.

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Ellis Henican: “Voters, the choice is yours, so make it count”

Ellis Henican is a good buddy, a good guy, a helluva writer (for Newsday), Host & Commentator (Fox News) and one of our newest NY:MIEG Moderators (he did a great job at our “Social Media & The Presidential Election” event last week). His column,a personal, opinionated look at the news of the day appears in the paper’s front section every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday that appears in Newday is awesome.

His column in today’s Sunday Newsday “Voters, the choice is yours, so make it count” is right on target! Read more

WrapUp: Social Media & The Presidential Election

Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in our event on Thursday night “Social Media & Presidential Politics” the first one in a series of programs NY:MIEG will be producing in partnership with The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. Read more

Looking for a deal on software: OpenOffice 3.0 is excellent and FREE!

Being a Long Islander I have been reading Newsday for a long time…and over the past few years Newsday, along with other newspapers, have been writing alot about the internet and related technologies. Lou Doliner of Newsday is one of the pioneers and in my estimation one of the best. His knowledge of the subject as well as his tips, tricks and opinions are always worth reading. Take for example yesterday’s review of OpenOffice 3.0 a free alternative to Microsoft Office.

Lou Dolinar: OpenOffice is a worthy alternative

Newsday
October 26, 2008

The final version of OpenOffice.org 3, the open source competitor to Microsoft Office, came out two weeks ago and looks better than ever.

I’ve been using its predecessors for years, and, broadly speaking, OO3 is the most useful, widely compatible software ever. You can run it on anything: Macs, PCs, Linux, Unix workstations. It includes six full-blown applications: the Writer word processor, Calc spreadsheet, Impress presentations program, Base database program, Math equation editor, and Draw graphics program. And it doesn’t cost a penny. Read more