I’m not sure what they put on your issue of Time magazine, but my copy says I’m the “Person of the Year.” From Time (with a few editorial embeleshments): …Look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and…
I’ve been told that there’s one person that selects the YouTube feature videos. I don’t know a lot about her, but I can tell from her taste that she’s funny, intelligent and pretty. I’ll bet she was a top student, and has a lot of friends. You can gather from the videos she features that…
Interesting article from PBS MediaShift about the nuances of the YouTube homepage. As many have discovered, an editor’s pick on YouTube is a career-changing moment. Take Mark Day with his Smiley Intervention. He’s transformed from a local California comedian to an “web-lebrity.” I have nightmares about his bald face against a yellow wall. This MediaShift piece also clarifies…
We’ve issued a press release on the GooTube Conspiracy, and the “participative storytelling” has taken some interesting directions even since we wrote the release. Here’s the creative challenge. The various plot branches are missing a trunk, as one of the videographers mentioned last night. Some of the characters — who submitted videos unsolicited — are asking…
Put on your thinking cap. This one gets a little complicated. It’s blogger tag. Video Blogging Guru Steve Garfield (Off On a Tangent) sent me this note: Jeff Pulver wants me to share five things. Jeff Pulver just found out about Blog-Tag: A Game for a Virtual Cocktail Party: “Turns out there is a game…
In meetings for more than a year, Fox, Viacom, NBC and CBS have pretended that they can coordinate to create a network-friendly online video site. Competitors partering. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. During some meetings, Viacom executives have been known to pour fake tea in plastic tea cups. When some participants don’t…
Want to send someone a holiday video right from Famed YouTubers like Geriatric1927 or Renetto? Coca-Cola is sponsoring a viral video “wishcast,” through which you can send a YouTube video (some are personalized by creators, and others are classic Coke ads). To my knowledge, it’s the first large-scale combination of eGreetings and videos… hence the…
I won’t ever remind you of when I’m wrong, but I will say I predicted in October that Metacafe would be sold by the end of this year. Looks like Yahoo could be a suiter according to TechCrunch. I’m going with “MetaHoo!” because YahooCafe sounds like something out of a bad Western.
I used to play a game with my kids. I’d tell them a bedtime story and stop. They’d have to finish the sentence. Then we’d take it in the direction they wanted. That’s the spirit behind The GooTubeConspiracy. The storyline is dictated by the viewers. Toss a good comment or video response and you’ll see…
blip.tv is adding a new dimension to the segment of the online-video market that shares advertising revenue with creators. CEO Mike Hudack says his 8-person company is working with media buyers to create custom deals for video creators that own “independent serialized content.” “Video creators should concentrate on creative production, not hosting, distribution or advertising…