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NYT reviews ‘7 Minute Sopranos’
Remember that succinct, YouTubed “7 Minute Sopranos” we told you about? It recaps the show to date in about seven and a half minutes, billing itself as a “whacked out refresher.” The NY Times’s Virginia Heffernan has written a review, praising the video:
“Seven Minute Sopranos” is indeed a sizable feat. Virtually everything from the series seems to have been crammed in, from the giant plot tectonics — the twists that determine who lives and who dies — to the intricate subplots and even the comic relief… The more you study “Seven Minute Sopranos,” the more mischievous it seems. It’s an intensive work of the imagination.”
Heffernan writes that The Sopranos creator David Chase has seen the piece and approves. LR reader Ethan brought this article to our attention and wryly noted: “It’s a half page review. The season premiere of Entourage got less space…”
1 comment April 6th, 2007
Google’s themes change with weather
I’m a couple weeks late with this, but I just noticed it. Google’s personalized home pages now allow you to select from a variety of themes which change with your city’s weather and time of day. This one doesn’t even have the Google logo in it…
Yes, this is my home page, and it’s sunny and beautiful in Seattle today.
7 comments April 6th, 2007
NBC.com adding original content from late shows
NBC.com is going to start adding new online offerings from its late night programs. The site will have original content from SNL, The Tonight Show, Late Night and Last Call. Writes Mediaweek:
Saturday Night Live’s new Web series Backstage will see show producer Marci Klein providing site visitors a tour of the inner workings of the long-running sketch show. In addition, Tonight staffers John Melendez and Ross Matthews will host of similar behind-the-scenes look at the Leno-hosted talker.
SNL fans will also be asked to upload videos of themselves hosting homebrewed “Weekend Updates.” We’re hoping for the next Tina Fey.
2 comments April 6th, 2007
‘Travel Channel Academy’ starts up to teach VJ skills
The Travel Channel has announced the first of what will be a number of training courses in cities around the US designed to teach videojournalism. The first “Travel Channel Academy” will be held in Miami in May, and aims to show those interested the basics in video gathering and production. This is in partnership with Michael Rosenblum, who has also announced a new project - The Videojournalist Registry. Its goal is to be a list of VJs for people who are looking for their services.
4 comments April 6th, 2007
MSNBC.com debuts new local pages with NBC stations
As part of its new initiative, MSNBC is relaunching local pages that feature headlines and video from each market. Of special interest: the headlines are from NBC and non-NBC affiliates, as well as local papers, blogs and other sources — although the NBC affiliate gets top billing and video exclusivity. It’s another experiment as MSNBC continues what Rex calls “a staged relaunch.” They have started with two locals: miami.msnbc.com and bayarea.msnbc.com for the San Francisco area. The Miami page brings together headlines from NBC6 (WTVJ, Miami), and WFOR, WSVN, Telemundo, the Miami Herald, the Sun-Sentinel and plenty of other sources. Essentially, the page is a Miami RSS reader. You have to admit — it’s a bold idea.
4 comments April 6th, 2007
When you’re on the NAB press list, you get spammed
They’re coming like crazy now - about one an hour. “Invitations” from companies that are going to have booths at NAB are pouring into the LR inboxes. When you have press passes, you get this sort of stuff. Now, I like having information about news and products that may interest the LR Faithful. I’m not one of those “Under no circumstances should PR people come near me” types. But good Lord - couldn’t they at least know what we cover here? We’re not exactly the place to come for information about “B2B end-to-end turnkey solutions.” It’s a common newsroom complaint: know what we cover before asking us for coverage. We’ll play the game, but you have to know the rules.
4 comments April 6th, 2007
