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The DailyReel Debuts to Save You the Hunt for Good Videos

ByNalts

A new entrant to the online video space… The Daily Reel bills itself as a “news magazine that covers online video, selects the best content, and offers critical analysis from the industry’s top journalists.” This one looks for real. Here’s the “about.” Contributors include Matthew Ross (Variety), Anthony Kaufman, (indieWire, Wall Street Journal Online), Marjorie…

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9thX.com: What Do Napster and Edison Have in Common?

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Thanks, Dino, for pointing out a new player in the “digital media marketplace. “9thXchange” is handling the “complex infrastructure needed to sell and manage digital files of all types including documents, games, music, movies and “yet to be created” digital media files.” As evidenced by the start-up’s online video contest, it seems especially interested in…

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The Sweet 16 Online Video Sites

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As an update on a recent report about popular online video sites, here are the latest site rankings of online video sites according to Alexa. Not all of the online video sites allow for uploading and sharing, so they’re not all packed with viral videos. * Refers to those that give you the ability to…

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Parkour Video (Russian Buildings)

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Courtesy of the recently retired GoogleTube Video of the Day blog, here’s one of the coolest videos on the web. These guys are doing Parkour, and making it look as easy as napping. These guys do it in a series of abandoned Russian buildings. According to Wikipedia, Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human…

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NBC’s The Office Site Uses Video Ad & Flash (aka The One-Two Punch)

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Here’s an ad display model from NBC’s The Office’s site, and we’ll see more and more like it. It’s the video preroll and the flash ad… rolling simultaneously in different areas of the screen. My minor annoyance as a viewer is more than offset by my fascination as a marketer. Plus NBC is offering exclusive…

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Those 2 Seconds You Save Could Change Your Life (RocketBoom/LoadedPun)

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May not seem like a big deal… learning to tie your shoe a bit faster. But what if it could change your life? Here’s Rocketboom’s spoof on Shernglee02’s “Tie Your Shoes Faster” video, with homage to Sliding Doors. Source: LoadedPun, which features the video and asks the question… Will cameos by internet stars hold the…