Archive for May 8th, 2008
- Three top online execs ousted from SignonSanDiego.com
- Analyst predicts upfront sales will drop somewhere between 2-14%
- Going to Olympics? Watch the hand, foot and mouth virus
- Beet.TV taps into TurnHere’s national videographer network
- First NBC, now ABC teams with J-schools for multimedia
- High-quality (but not quite HD) YouTube clips coming to your TV
- Online video economics nearly as good as TV, says Move Networks
- Is your site down for everyone or just you? Sweet.
May 8th, 2008
WCNC just used Twitter to cover the North Carolina primary. “It was incredibly successful,” says WCNC’s Kayla Castille, who said reporters and anchors “really got into it.” Of course, Twitter has been gaining popularity in media circles, from the New York Times to CNN to the Seattle PI. But there’s a difference between using Twitter as another distribution path for news updates and actually leveraging it as a distributed coverage tool. WCNC created different Twitter accounts for the station’s reporters and anchors covering the story, then it aggregated all their Twitter messages on a single page on WCNC.com. The end result was real-time, unmoderated updates delivered from multiple mobile devices covering the same story. Plus, it doesn’t force you to sign up to Twitter to follow the coverage. Pretty smart. (Full disclosure: just like my employer KING, WCNC is a Belo station.)
Update: IndyStar.com is doing something similar right now covering the Indy 500. “We’re using Twitter to deliver quick notes about top speeds, crashes and schedule information,” writes Adam Yates in comments below.
May 8th, 2008
Elections SNL ‘08 is the NBC equivalent of Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008. “Hooray, SNL finally understands the internet!” says the Huffington Post.
May 8th, 2008
On Twisney.com, people walking around Disney World upload short messages and photos from their cell phones of their experiences, which are mashed on an interactive map. “If you want to understand how citizen journalists armed with cellphones are going to change the world–and create challenges and opportunities for businesses–spend a few minutes at Twisney.com,” writes WSJ.com’s Tom Weber.
May 8th, 2008
After seven terrific years at KING-TV and KING5.com in Seattle, I’m excited to announce I’ve accepted a job as director of business development at MSNBC.com. I’ve always admired the innovation mindset at MSNBC.com, and the opportunity was simply too good to pass up.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time at KING. I’ve told my family and friends over the years that it’s the best TV station in America, on TV and the web. I can’t thank everyone enough.
In recent months, I’ve come to believe that the media industry needs business innovation as much or more than it needs content innovation. As a geek journalist with an MBA, that’s why I’ve decided to make the shift to the business side of the online media world.
Yes, Lost Remote will continue. What, you think I can kick this blogging habit after 9 years?
May 8th, 2008
