Archive for April 11th, 2008
The AP has announced a new feature for its 1,800+ Online Video Network affiliates: the ability to syndicate their own video with the rest of the OVN network. Affiliates will get a cut of the ad revenue generated by their shared clips, and they can also restrict competitors from posting the video. Now, last month I posted an editorial that urged the AP and the network affiliate services to compensate local media for their original stories (which the AP reminded me when they sent me the press release.) The OVN syndication model seems like a step in the right direction. Press release…
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The Radio-Television News Director’s Association today announced its recipients for the Edward R. Murrow awards. Full list here.
Web winners: KIROtv.com, KREM.com, NBCSanDiego.com, KGMB9.com, ksl.com, 9news.com, kare11.com, WSAW.com, KSDK.com, KRCG.com, WFAA.com, KEYETV.com, 10TV.com, WNDU.com, WRAL.com, WCBD.com, wkrg.com, WBUR.org, WBZ-TV.com, 9wsyr.com, NBC29.com, NBC-2.com, WVEC.com
Congrats to all!
April 11th, 2008
It struck me as I was talking to a few TV news friends the other day. As we all know, TV news has stepped up urgency, pacing and visual craziness in an effort to “hold” your attention and comply with your busy schedule. But really, doesn’t it expedite the decline of TV news? I mean, if you want a quick scan of the day’s news, there’s no more efficent medium than the web. Yet in a linear way, TV is trying to replicate this experience on TV. Shouldn’t TV news focus on television’s strengths instead of trying to offset its weaknesses?
TV news’ biggest strength is visual, emotional storytelling. (Immediacy is important, too, but the web is developing a reputation for being as immediate or even more so.) Yet how often on local TV news (or cable TV news for that matter) do you see a well-produced, well-shot, emotional, impactful story? You know, the kinds of stories that you just can’t do justice when you try to rewrite them for the web? They’re few and far between, but these are the stories that people want to see on TV. They’re what TV is all about.
So why don’t newsrooms produce more of these stories? Keep reading…
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Instead of sending out a fleet of gas-guzzling sat trucks, the folks at Oprah Winfrey found a better, cheaper way to put people on the air: Skype.
The show launched a series it calls A New Earth - and is involving people across the country in the show via Skype. Viewers are invited to dial in and participate in the “class” based Eckhart Tolle book of a similar name. More at Engadget - and a screengrab below.
April 11th, 2008
Caroline Little has stepped down from the head of Washington Post-Newsweek Interactive. “I am taking this opportunity to move washingtonpost.com and The Washington Post closer to a true Washington Post Media organization — rather than a newspaper company and an Internet company,” explains Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth in a staff memo. Weymouth said that Jim Brady, executive editor of washingtonpost.com and Rob Curley, vice president of products, will now report to her.
April 11th, 2008
Over the last year, TV ratings for girls ages 12-17 dropped 15 percent. While the writers strike played a part, a study found that while 83 percent of teens still watch TV on television, 44 percent also view TV shows online.
April 11th, 2008
Will she step down from the anchor desk after the election? Lots of stories today…
