Google News adds ‘most shared’ module
A few weeks after adding a “news from your friends” module, Google News has added “most shared” stories to the mix. It’s down the page (for now) in the right column: “When people say that some amount of social technology is going to infiltrate every nook and cranny of the internet, they aren’t kidding,” says [...]
Gawker borrows from TV in blog redesign
Gawker says it’s moving “beyond the blog” with a new design for its network of sites that borrows from the world of TV, from an emphasis on video to how it’s programmed. Founder Nick Denton wrote a long, thoughtful explanation about the design change — in part driven by the ascent of Facebook and Twitter [...]
Tweet briefs: Comcast-Netflix, LinkedIn, Xbox, Google TV
Recent headlines from the @lostremote Twitter feed: – Netflix partner says Comcast “toll” threatens online video delivery – LinkedIn debuts a new, Twitter-like share button for “professional content” – Microsoft’s Xbox talking to TV networks about possible TV service – With the networks still blocking it, Google TV slashes prices
NBC Local to aggregate influential local Twitterers
NBC’s owned-and-operated station sites will soon integrate tweets from the “top 20 Twitterers” in each of its 10 markets. Called “The 20,” the top Twitterers will be invited to discuss hot topics trending in the city, and excerpts will be featured in on-air segments (both broadcast and cable) as well as new properties like The [...]
Netflix plans to get more social with new team
Netflix is hiring like crazy, and for good reason — the company has suddenly become a living room powerhouse, sucking up as much as 20% of all internet bandwidth at night as subscribers watch Netflix via streaming video. And last week, Netflix unveiled a $7.99/month streaming-only plan for subscribers who don’t want DVDs in their [...]
Inside Twitter’s bid to become TV’s best friend
Twitter thrives on working with its TV partners, and for good reason — both Chloe Sladden and Robin Sloan, who are two of the three members of its media team, came from Current TV. Fast Company has an excellent backgrounder on Twitter’s early experiments at Current TV, its recent integration successes with partners like MTV [...]
When you tweet something wrong, correct it
Former LR blogger Don Day sent us a thoughtful piece on the need for retractions in Twitter feeds when appropriate. I swear, he wrote this well before my “Radio Appgate” debacle. We thank Don for the post and are very pleased to see his work on our site once again. -Safran When you tweet something [...]
UPDATE: Apple not banning all radio station apps
Well, it appears the web was a little too quick to jump on the whole “Apple is banning single station radio apps” thing. And count me as among the hysterics. Apple isn’t banning apps that come from radio stations. Trevor Long at Your Tech Life heard directly from Apple and developers. It seems Apple objects [...]
The LR tradition: WKRP’s Thanksgiving turkey drop
… in which we annually post the single greatest radio promotion ever. The “play” button in the lower left seems to work better than the one in the middle. Such is copyright violation. Have a great holiday. Update: And… it’s been taken down. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.
A whole bunch of new jobs in our listings
Hey gang! I’ve been on injured reserve this past month with a bad shoulder injury. Now that I’m good and shot up with cortizone, I’m easing my way back. First order of business was our backlog of job openings. Check ‘em out. There are some great opportunities here. For those of you who filled out [...]
Today goes viral with ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’
I have to say, this is pretty amazing — one continuous steadicam shot of nearly the entire Today Show staff (wearing T-shirts with their job titles) dancing to “I’ve Got a Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas. It was part of “Today Goes Viral” week, designed in part to drive social media sharing of video [...]
Yahoo Local (and hyperlocal) debuts in beta
Yahoo is just beginning to roll out its new local product — which was hinted at earlier this year — starting with beta pages for San Francisco, Brooklyn and Michigan. You can select a city, or drill down to a neighborhood, like the Mission District in San Francisco. Each page is a rolling list of [...]
Fox now blocking Google TV
Fox has joined ABC, CBS and NBC in blocking Google TV viewers from watching video, reports GTVHub.com. Google TV allows you to punch up a web browser on your TV set, but when you visit Fox.com and click to watch a clip, a message says, “This content is not compatible with your device.” When we [...]
Twitter: Please tweet while watching TV
Twitter’s Robin Sloan told an audience at a conference this week that Twitter brings a real-time social layer to watching television, which in part, can help bring back the shared experience of watching entertainment TV shows as they air. “[In the last 18 months], I think we actually saw the pendulum swing back toward things [...]
Crowdsourcing breaking news from social media
Today Mashable published a story on an ambitious social media project we’ve been working on at msnbc.com — @breakingnews and now BreakingNews.com and our mobile apps — so I thought I’d take the opportunity to offer some inside perspective. A year ago, we took the reins of @breakingnews from Michael van Poppel of BNO News, [...]
Will Conan’s social marketing blitz turn into ratings?
Update: The premiere pulled in 4,155,000 viewers overall — beating both Leno and Letterman — with 2,451,000 (over half!) between the ages of 18-34. In fact, TBS said the median viewer age was just 30 years old. “Conan’s audience has been very vocal online, and he clearly made a smooth transition from Twitter to TBS,” [...]
Shakeup at TBD.com, Brady quits
The honeymoon is over for journalism darling TBD.com, the DC news startup owned by Allbritton. Jim Brady, who has led the startup as editor, has quit over strategic differences with TBD Publisher Robert Allbritton. The site launched in August. “As we talked about the next phase of our growth, it seemed clear to Jim and [...]
Xbox emerging as our social TV hub
Part 3 of our series, “Cutting the Cable” It’s been three weeks since we cut the cord and canceled our cable service, cold turkey. We wired up our laptop to the back of the TV, and were were poised to buy a Google TV Sony set, but stopped when a Best Buy clerk recommended [...]
