Warner Bros. VIP Studio Virtual Tour

I found the Warner Brothers virtual tour of there studio to be very interesting. First off, I love Ellen and found some of here video clips on the website to be very entertaining. I think it would be a blast to take one of these tours. There is so much to see such as stage 16 one of the tallest stages in the world, and where the movies Camelot, the perfect storm, and Batman. Also the have information about the famous Casablanca and Robin Hood. I think it is cool to see where movies are filmed and to see how they create there special effects in general. I wish there was a video tour that you could to see everything. I would definitely watch it!

Virtual Tour: The Weather Channel

I must say visiting The Weather Channel virtual tour was awesome. I would have to say I did like it better than the New York Times tour. It has furturistic music in the background, and it allows you to look at every angle of the studio and explaine what every part of the studio is used for. also every material that was used to make it came within a 500 mile radious of the studio, and whereever possible renewable resources such as bamboo and cork are used. There paint and adhesives they use are also environmentally friendly. So colorful, environmentally friendly, positive music, and modern technology. I think The Weather channel has covered it all.

New York Times Virtual Tour

I had the opportunity to go on a virtual tour of the New York Times building, where in 2000 a new building was built between 40th and 41st streets. the news paper portion and the newsroom make up the lower part of the building. An interesting feature to the building are the ceramic rods that are located on the four sides of the building, this creates a shade like atmosphere to keep the sunlight out as well as to create uniformity from the exterior. When you look on the inside of the building there are three main entrances into the lobby, which leads you to a mossy garden with trees and beyond that is the auditorium. there is a theme of red that is used to accent the building and keep it alive. I think it is an beautiful work area, that should keep the employees happy. I would really enjoy working on a building like that.

Recording studio tours

I had the opportunity to tour four recording studios online, and want to share my experience with all of them. As the music industry continues to increase it is important for studios to stand out from the competition to bring in new clients.
    Blue Jay Studio welcomes you to their website with a real unpleasant song choice in my opinion. and the tour is 3D animated which I felt to be a little strange for a website. On the other hand the photos that they present of the studio, show that the studio is really classy and nice.
    Soho Recording Studio has a boring website that really doesn't stand out to me, but they have been in business for sixteen years and they have several clients.
    Radio ready studio, I felt had a great online tour and was probably my favorite tour of the four. The tour was short and sweet, and it had a great music selection to go with the video, which made it more enjoyable to watch. It showed the location, gave a flat rate for studio time, contact information, and they are open 7 days a week. Another thing that sets them apart is that they host events to promote their clients. 
    Pachyderm studio has an extremely professional website. The virtual tour shows the location, guesthouse, studio, equipment and clients. the website displays samples of their recordings, and there is recent news about their recordings.
     Over I think if I had to choose one studio I would choose Pachyderm Studio because of the outdoor feeling and the positive comment from the client made it seem like a great place to do business.

State of the media

In the website The State of the news Media, you learn several statics and info about different types of media. Under special reports and economic attitudes, it talks about the Internet use, and statistics on users and that 55% of users use fuss subscription and 25% use the pay as you go plan. The future of the online news is the use of Internet on cell phones and an increase in wireless users. In the Newspaper summary section, the Sunday paper and the USA today are the most popular newspapers. As a fact, six out of every ten Americans get some sort of news off the Internet. In the future TV stations as well as magazines should keep constant ratings, or they may decrease a little with the increase in online users. The audio form of news is by far the most popular since most people listen to the radio on their way to work, or thought the day. Also ethnic media is becoming more popular especially since the election of our last president, which opens new doors for new competitors on the news field.