WashingtonPost.com providing embedded videos

We keep pushing for more sites to allow their videos to be embedded. Well, another one is, but it’s not a TV station. The WashingtonPost.com now allows their video to be embedded, and offers two sizes you can choose from depending on your site’s design.

Very smart.

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Briefs: CBS video, net news, circulation, TV Guide

    - CBS says its online video offers highest engagement for ads
    - Ratings and ad revenues at network TV news still in decline
    - Newspaper circulation continues to slide, new numbers show
    - TVGuide.com sees traffic surge, especially around younger shows

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Bill Clinton ‘woefully unprepared’ for web coverage

The “War Room” of Bill Clinton, James Carville and George Stephanopoulos back in 1992 was political genius: a rapid-response approach to campaign stories bubbling up through the news media. But now, 16 years later, it seems that Bill Clinton is learning a few lessons about the next generation of media. “Nobody’s been a bigger victim of the so-called YouTube moments than Bill Clinton,” said NBC News political director Chuck Todd. “I think Bill Clinton was woefully unprepared for 21st Century media.”

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Emmis Interactive offers services to others

Emmis Interactive, the digital arm of Emmis Communications, is beginning to offer its interactive services to other radio broadcasters and local media. “Emmis Interactive has been a true pioneer and innovator in the interactive space,” said Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan. “I take great pride in what we’ve built, and we look forward to providing other media companies the benefits of our interactive platform, sales solutions and know-how.”

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Old shows getting lots of eyeballs online

In a press conference this afternoon, Warner Bros. is expected to announce today that it’s resurrecting the WB network — online. The site will feature archive video of many of the WB’s classic shows. Warner Bros. is pursuing the “long tail” of content, much like Hulu has done with its extensive lineup of vintage shows. As we wrote about a couple weeks ago, Hulu’s most popular show is no longer on the air: Arrested Development. Mitchell Hurwitz, the co-created of the show, said the online popularity of his former program is “enormously rewarding in every way except for financially.” Hurwitz said if video streaming had been as popular as it is now a few years ago, perhaps Arrested would’ve been saved.

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