Though television may be losing viewers to online video, it continues to hold advertisers. Fewer people have been watching traditional TV channels so far this TV season, the first such decline since at least 2007. Here are some details, punctuated by my favorite “cringe worthy” quote of television versus online video. The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne…
Last week someone commented on my blog. That is all.
I just took the kids to see “The Lorax,” and I had purchased “Let it Grow” from the soundtrack (via my iPhone) before we had walked out the theater. Zac Efron and Taylor Swift aside, that gospel song was stolen by young “Marie.” “My name’s Marie and I am THREE… I would really like to…
Remember the Balloon Boy episode from 2009? Huffington Post reported that Richard Heene hasn’t given up his quest to extend his 15 minutes of fame. Here’s the fruit of his labor: Aluminum man. So sorry I didn’t provide you with this earlier.
“Who Are Today’s YouTube Stars?” is a recent story title from The Washington Post. Hayley Tsukayama also wrote a Post article about minorities reaching more individuals than popular television shows: …Almost most each of (Kevin Wu’s comedy) shows command at least 2 million views — rivaling the nightly TV audiences of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert….
Daisy Whitney, creator and producer of “The New Media Minute” is ending the nearly 5-year-old show. Whitney posted her final episode last week, and says she’s, “just going old school reporting on media in articles and columns instead.” Whitney will continue her reporting on new media for such outlets as MediaPost, Cynopsis, @Beet_TV. For as long…
We’re three days away from when participants of the Kony 2012 movement will be blanketing the town with posters, but one could argue they won’t do much better than the 180 million views to date. Visible Measures has a stat roundup of the social-cause campaign that popped in early March 2012. For comparison, M&M’s 2012…
Can streaming-video service Netflix survive recent losses by substituting new content? According to the Associated Press, major movie studios are refusing to license Netflix the rights to most of their latest movies. They studios also are withholding their most popular series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Dexter.” Associated Press writer Michael Liedtke said Netflix may lose…
Note the name of this online-video preroll ad on YouTube. “Droid Razr Maxx by Motorola- TV Commercial.” It’s like saying: “Not only are we too lazy to tweak this ad for this medium, we’re just going to call it a TV ad. So suck it, YouTuber.”