Digg Moves to Video
Kevin Maney reports that Digg is moving into online video.
Kevin Maney reports that Digg is moving into online video.
I was watching ABC’s Good Morning America this morning. It seems every time the media does a story on YouTube (which is about every 4.5 minutes) the reporter feels obliged to mention that the company’s headquarter is in a loft above a pizza place. Why is this important? Why are we obsessed with the company’s…
Imagine trying to run Hulu… On one hand, you’re dragging some media companies to the web. On the other, they’re out ahead of you on competitive platforms (Disney/App). You threaten to quit because your pricing is wrong (FastCompany). You’re charging for content that has ads, but at least the user interface is clunky… because some…
Here’s a video from ZDNet that features part of a round table about consumer-generated media at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit in Palo Alto, Calif. At first I’m bored by Chad. Then Michael kicks in, and I almost think we’ll have an intelligent debate. But it seems like the themes are: YouTube is creating a stage…
YouTubers have long gathered in Stickam.com rooms at night. Then some of the more attention-seeking, profit hungry ones started live Blog.tv shows… earning profits that certainly weren’t sustainable given the ad model. Now along coms YouTube.com/live (see YouTube blog). On August 22 before a live audience in San Francisco, the site promises, audiences can watch…
Writer Jim Edwards called me compulsive, and linked to this blog post (where I posted a video from vacation) for proof. Mr. Edwards, this is compulsive (see video below called “real life twitter” by CollegeHumor). And maybe it was compulsive of me to crawl around in airport. Or shave my head. Or hang around in…
Those industry writers (you know the type) often sit safely in the bleachers and observe the insanity below. But what if you drag the journalist into the center ring? What happens? What occurs when Peter Coffin poses as Whitney on a YouTube video? How does she react (see below). Does she use her TS Elliot…