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It’s 2009 and Marketers Are Still Lying Via Online Video?

You know, it occured to me after writing that headline, that most of you will snip “marketers have and always will lied.” But let’s put that debate aside for a moment. If the past few years have taught us nothing it’s that social media doesn’t respond well to advertising pretending to be otherwise. I’ve got…

New Intro to Simpsons

It’s the new opening to The Simpsons, and it’s spreading like wildfire according to Viral Video Chart. And if you’re a Simpsons fan, you can get lots of DVDs at your local Circuit City for 40% off. I passed on them, because I can’t watch the show in my house without the kids gathering.  What…

Woman Flips Out in Hong Kong Airport After Missing Her Flight

It’s called “A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA” and it’s quite sad and funny. Of course, she was missing Oceanic Flight 815, so it could be worse.  Sample comments. Let’s see you top them.  perhaps she didn´t make it home in time to watch “dancing with stars” or “american idol” Geez,…

YouTube’s Fred Appears on Nick’s iCarly This Week

Well you heard about it here back in September 2008, but YouTube’s most-subscribed “Fred” finally makes his appearance on Nick’s iCarly. The episode airs on Nick this Monday, February 16 at 7:30 EDT (source).  In this debut for Fred, iCarly’s Freddie (played by Nathan Kress) declares his disgust for Fred, and Fred stops making videos….

Online-Video Changed Forever Today: Google/YouTube Takes on iTunes & Cable TV

Organize the world’s information. That was the initial mission of Google, so I have found it ineresting that the company has taken significant steps (like buying YouTube and launchin Knol) to host and distribute it. You see, there’s a big difference between organizing information for easy search… and actually hosting it with ads.  In a non-trivial…

ABC Swipes Idea from Consumer-Generated Lost Parodies

ABC recently launched a new Lost parody using Lost action figures. To see it yourself, simply go to ABC, download its new player, sit through three commercials, search for the episodes, then connect your firewire to your television set using an ABC-converter-box, which is only $79 at ABC.com.  Of course the FineBrothers came up with…