Digg Moves to Video
Kevin Maney reports that Digg is moving into online video.
Kevin Maney reports that Digg is moving into online video.
This morning I woke up as a middle-aged dad, but after a few cups of coffee I became Evan, a young office drone caught up in a conspiracy involving hot secret agents, crooked bankers and an army of armed thugs. I dodged cars and bullets while deciding whom to trust and whom to kill. In…
The two largest video-sharing sites (YouTube and Hulu) have business models that increasingly limit their ability to act as a complete video search engines. YouTube has been a Google-esque fast tool for finding video clips that are getting offline buzz, but copyright-law enforcement is weakening it (full examples below). And of course Hulu is meant…
This week I officially joined Next New Networks as a content creator (not employee), and the above video is by the amazing Justin Johnson. Read the NNN blog for more, and check out Liz Shannon Miller’s NewTeeVee article on this news…This WVFF bloggedy post puts that decision into context, since the move was a non…
I try to be fairly objective on this blog, but I really have no sympathy for whining photographers that hire attorneys because their photos appear for a second in a popular YouTube video. The photographers, like the writers striking, are under the delusion that they’re being deprived of their rightful income. The reality is that…
Lots of people have been asking me lately about the demographics about YouTube users (age, median income, gender). Here are some recent stats you’ll want in your “back pocket.” According to the YouTube “fact sheet”: Our user base is broad in age range, 18-55, evenly divided between males and females, and spanning all geographies. Fifty-one…
You can decide whether a random YouTube video helps or hurts a brand, simply by voting on YouTube Brandwatch (see link). Vote on videos about laptop wedgies, Bic lighter tricks, or sexy Sprite. (Source: YouTube Biz Blog). Read YouTube’s interview with Matthew Yeomans and Bernhard Warner, directors of Custom Communication. The blog is an outgrowth…