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Sure, Movable Type and Blogger (and MSN Spaces for newbies) rule the blogging world. But many of us have made the switch to WordPress, and we’re glad we did. Turns out, lots of people are signing up with WordPress.
5 comments August 7th, 2006
Reuters says it has found a second photo Photoshopped by freelance photographer Adnan Hajj (first one here). It shows an Israeli warplane dropping three flares, instead of one. And the caption explained they were missiles, not flares. As a result, Reuters has pulled all of Hajj’s 920 photographs. “There is no graver breach of Reuters standards for our photographers than the deliberate manipulation of an image,” said Global Picture Editor Tom Szlukovenyi. Doctored picture below…
14 comments August 7th, 2006
People keep asking, is NowBreaking.com the new URL? No, and I apologize for taking so long switching the new design to LostRemote.com, but it’s not as easy as I thought, thanks in part to the 15,000 or so files I have to back up. Later this week, the switch will happen (see ya, old servers!), and the site will be down for a bit. Update: Thanks to LaughingSquid, my new host, the switch should be seamless.
5 comments August 7th, 2006
Nearly three dozen markets now have deals where one TV station produces a newscast for another. Broadcasting & Cable’s Allison Romano (an LR Fave) reports that producing a newscast for another channel in town can add up to $1 million to a station’s revenues. Of course, there are pluses and minuses with these deals - so share your experiences with us in the comments section.
5 comments August 7th, 2006
The next time someone tells you grammar doesn’t count, point them to this article. Rogers Communications may be out more than $2 million because of an errant comma in a contract with Aliant, Inc. The clause in question: The agreement “shall continue in force for a period of five years from the date it is made, and thereafter for successive five year terms, unless and until terminated by one year prior notice in writing by either party.” The problem? That second comma changes the meaning of the sentence from its intent of enforcing the deal for the first five years and then giving a one-year out afterwards. (Go back and look.) Now it would seem to give the one-year out immediately, and Aliant has exercized that right. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that the comma does indeed change the meaning of the contract. Watch your punctuation. (Via Corante)
4 comments August 7th, 2006
They’re keeping busy at Google, aren’t they? News Corp. has chosen Google to be its exclusive search and targeted keyword ad sales partner for MySpace and most of its other sites. Google bumps off Yahoo!, the previous partner. Google will pay News Corp. a minimum rev share of $900 million over three years for access to the traffic.
6 comments August 7th, 2006
Coming this Wednesday, Bravo will launch “Bravo to Go,” a video service for Amp’d Mobile subscribers featuring short clips of Project Runway and Queer Eye. Press release…
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Technorati’s latest quarterly state of the blogosphere report is out, and it’s thick with stats that continue to show the surge in blogs. For the purpose of the LR audience, one of the most significant is in our headline: 11 of the top 90 media online sources are blogs. Of course, the number is somewhat self-reinforcing. By “source,” it means the number of inbound blog links. So of course bloggers are going to link to other blogs. Still, it’s quite a stat. Want a couple more? The blogosphere doubles every 200 days. That’s a new blog every half-second. And every second there are almost 19 postings.
6 comments August 7th, 2006
A freelance photographer for Reuters has been suspended after bloggers discovered one of his pictures of a Beirut bombing had been manipulated to accentuate the smoke. Although the photographer said he was “trying to remove dust marks,” it certainly looks like a lot more than that, but you be the judge.
18 comments August 7th, 2006
With plans to stream more shows for free on ABC.com this fall, ABC is revising its arrangement with its affiliates. But the network said it won’t be a revenue-sharing deal. “We’ll partner with our stations, but we’ll have a different approach (than Fox and CBS),” said Albert Cheng, executive vice president of digital media of Disney-ABC Television Group. ABC says it will reveal the details in the next few weeks, along with which shows will be added to the streaming slate. ABC.com’s video player (which won an Emmy) is also getting an update. (Free req. req.)
4 comments August 7th, 2006
Some studios have been dragging their feet with video on demand because they’re afraid it will cannibalize DVD sales. But a new study shows households with VOD only buy 1% fewer DVDs every year. Yes, again, the studios don’t understand that adding new platforms is actually additive (remember their big fight over the VCR, which ended up making them billions?). Hopefully this new study will serve as a catalyst to get some better movies on VOD.
6 comments August 7th, 2006
Google’s AdSense network is going to get its first big test of video ads under a new deal with Viacom’s MTV Networks. It will be an interesting syndication test: anyone with a website featuring AdSense will be able to embed an MTV Networks player featuring content including Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” and MTV’s “Laguna Beach.” Along with last week’s AP announcement, this marks the second significant deal for Google in which it is partnering directly with a content provider. (Thanks, Mark!)
8 comments August 7th, 2006
An LR “thank you” to Greg Connors of The Buffalo News, who names Lost Remote among his “Best in Group Blogging.”
3 comments August 7th, 2006
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