In 1994, Punch Sulzberger, the owner and publisher of The New York Times bought my company, Video News International.
It became New York Times TV, and for two years I served as President of NY Times TV.
The idea I had sold Punch on was that you could take the the journalistic power of the newspaper and turn it into video at very little cost.
Now, nearly 20 years later, it seems to be coming to fruition.
The web has taken down the barriers to entry for video and teleivision. Now, anyone can