One promo mashup gets the ax
Fans of NBC’s The Office submitted 367 video entries on YouTube for the network’s contest to create the best promo, but one submission got the ax. Called “Pam & Jim Uncensored,” it featured sexually explicit language edited under an actual scene. YouTube removed the clip after a request from NBC.
PayPerPost dragging blogs down
It’s one of a handful of slimy, new services that pays bloggers to write positively about new products, and disclosure is optional. TechCrunch points out that PayPerPost just added a “disclosure policy” of sorts, but it’s displayed on a separate page and really doesn’t explain what’s going on. Blogs have a hard enough time gaining [...]
San Fran radio launches with all-listener-led format
Good timing – I’m in San Francisco today, and LR friend Andrew Lindenauer alerts me to the launch of KYOU Radio, a San Francisco broadcast station completely driven by the listeners. The site is very cool – going way beyond the usual “listen live online,” it lets you submit podcasts and search for tons of [...]
MSNBC gets political with new widget, discussion pages
Just in time for the final stretch of the political season, MSNBC has released a new widget (pictured) that updates with the site’s latest political news. MSNBC.com has also added a “discuss” feature to its political page – message boards on political discussions that are generating thousands of posts. The forums are part of a [...]
Coming this week: liveblogging Streaming Media West
Stephen Warley and I are in San Jose this week for Streaming Media West
Brightcove launching video marketplace
Brightcove is taking the wraps off new services to help video content producers cash in on their work. Producers can opt to have their video syndicated with advertising in exchange for giving Brightcove a 50 percent cut. Or they can sell video downloads, and Brightcove takes 30 percent. Along with it, Brightcove is relaunching its website from a B2B storefront to a consumer site highlighting popular video clips (see home page below). And through its partnership with AOL, producers can sell video downloads on AOL Video. “As the mainstream consumer moves into watching video on the Internet it will evolve from short humorous clips into programming that’s meaningful to a broad cross-section of mainstream individuals, Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire said.
Press release with much more info below…
Ads coming to BBC online, staffers upset
BBC News staffers say a plan to post ads on their site would lead to less serious journalism. “There has to be a chance that advertisers wouldn’t care about us doing stories on poverty and African politics, they’d want us to do more stories on Madonna and Kylie,†one website employee said.
Primetime TV budgets soaring
You would think that with all the technological changes and cost pressures in network television today that programming costs would be kept under control. But actually, programming costs across the four networks are up 9 percent this year while advertising sales are mostly flat year-over-year. So what gives? “I think it is some indication of [...]
Looking for a web producer
One of the perks of running Lost Remote is plugging job openings for my real job. I have an opening for an internet content producer at KING5.com and NWCN.com, two newsrooms that have made the web a priority. We’re an innovative, aggressive interactive staff in a tech-savvy market. And KING 5 won the Edward R. [...]
Paper sites set traffic records in September
A Nielsen-Netratings report compiled for the Newspaper Association of America found that traffic to newspaper sites grew 24 percent in the third quarter over the same time last year. And September was a record month. The NAA says the traffic boost is due to new features like video, podcasts and user-created content.
Comedy Central video pulled off YouTube
Click on most of the links to Comedy Central clips on YouTube and you’ll get the message, “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation” or “This video has been removed due to copyright infringement.” NewsCloud reports that YouTube says it’s been asked by a “third party” (which would be Comedy Central, [...]
Stock plummets, Cuban cashes in after story
Mark Cuban is financing a web startup called ShareSleuth.com that aims to expose the wrongdoings of corporations through investigative reporting. Earlier this week, the site published a story on Tampa-based UTEK and the company’s stock plummeted 36 percent. Then there’s this little nugget — a disclosure at the end of the story, written by publisher [...]
All those TiNo’d shows
A couple days ago, I mentioned that Studio 60s were stacking up unwatched on my DVR. Well, TV critic Tim Goodman has a name for it: TiNo’d. Other shows I’m TiNo’ing: Frontline (I need to watch, but never have time) and Countdown (Sorry, but I watch the 30-minute Daily Show instead). What shows have you [...]
ABC’s Ross on Foley scoop, web writing
Mark Glaser interviews ABC chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross about breaking the Mark Foley story online and the ripple effect in the newsroom. “It was a big moment that was driving editorially the news division,” Ross said. “It changes and improves the standards of people who are going to be hired by ABC News into [...]
2008 Olympics changes schedule for TV
The IOC has agreed to shift gymnastics and swimming finals to the morning hours in Beijing in so the popular events can be broadcast live in prime time in the U.S. And you can blame it on the internet, which cut into NBC’s ratings last time around. “We’re pleased with the announcement,” NBC Sports spokesman [...]
Warner Music partners with Brightcove
Warner artists and labels will embed Brightcove’s Flash player on their websites so visitors can watch music videos for free, with advertising.
