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Witty video blogger Ze Frank has landed an agent, and he’s shopping himself around Hollywood, meeting such heavyweights as Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. “There was a pilot with CBS that almost went to deal, but we had to kind of pull out of that,” he said, adding that he’s now looking into feature films. But don’t worry, he says he’ll never ditch the web for an old media gig. (Via Fimoculous)
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The CW announced today that it’s now streaming Beauty and the Geek, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, Girlfriends and The Game on CWTV.com. Screen grab of the player…
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MySpace.com co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe had a couple interesting things to say in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel. “I think we have replaced MTV. MySpace is more convenient. You can search for things, while MTV is just delivering things to you,” said Anderson. “On MySpace you can pick your own channel and go where you want. That’s why TV viewership is dropping among the MySpace generation.” And what happens this coming October, when their contracts expire with News Corp. Will they leave? “As long as it’s still fun to be here we are going to continue our work. For me it feels like the opportunity has just begun, it’s definitely not ending,” Anderson said. And do they think they sold MySpace too early, given the mega-YouTube deal? “We try to look forward and not back,” DeWolfe said.
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With my recent dabbling in ecomedia, I found this little item especially interesting and thought I would share it with our media buyers and marketers out there in LR Land: Advertising industry lobbyists are cautioning that global warming may pose a looming threat of a different color. Daniel Jaffe, EVP and chief Washington lobbyist of the ANA said he could envision products being branded as contributors to global warming or requirements to put disclosures on ads–or some ads facing restrictions altogether. “Debate over potential solutions could lead to calls for taxes or restrictions on marketing for a broad range of products, from light bulbs to automobiles to energy sources,” he said. Restrictive policies on green labeling and packaging are already going into place in Europe.
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As we head into the weekend, it is time to catch up on news and notes. Here’s a few noteworthy items that have come over the transom:
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A Tribune source tells the Wall Street Journal that The Carlyle Group, a private equity company that has bid for Tribune’s TV stations, may “hold some attractions for the company.” Meanwhile, Tribune is mulling mediocre offers for the entire company.
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