Seems that since Viacom took action against YouTube, some other media players have jumped on the train. MediaShift’s Mark Glaser does a nice roundup of opinions. Even better, he highlights why it was good idea and why it wasn’t. Says Viacom’s Chairman: “The fact of the matter is, without copyright protection, there is no entertainment…
According to Borrell Associates (as reported by WebProNews): Local online video advertising will account for $371 million this year, which is 5 percent of total online ad spending. In 2012, that amount will climb to $5 billion and will account for 35 percent of local online advertising budgets, Borrell projects in its report, “The New…
I don’t believe I’ve ever laughed at a video as much in my life. Maybe it’s because I know Zack, but this video titled “The Car Wash” brought me to tears. Five minutes after watching it I was still laughing. You have to watch the whole thing. There are a few moments where you think…
This season’s “Viral on Veoh” opened with host Sunny Gault interviewing the creators of Zanzibar19.com… the snowman hunters. Sunny had her chance to pound a snowman.
So I’ve got a lisp. I’m reminded of this because I get roasted in “comments” on my videos occasionally. “You have a lisp… you’re gay.” In this video I confess about how this lisp has plagued me since I was a young child and Mason McCarthy and Scott Daly used to ask me to say…
Metacafe today announced that it has appointed a new CEO. Erick Hachenburg, who led casual-games leader Pogo.com before assuming responsibility for Electronic Art’s global online strategy. Arik Czerniak, co-founder and former CEO, will remain on the executive management team to focus on strategic product issues and partnerships. I interviewed Czerniak for a recent article for The…
It’s the most popular scandal on the most popular video site. Some popular YouTube celebrities started posting on LiveVideo (an enhanced but less popular version of YouTube). LiveVideo is being referred to as a combination of YouTube and MySpace. One of YouTube’s most highly subscribed individuals, Renetto (Paul Robinett), posted a McCarthy-like video that lists…
Many years ago, I said the word “Google” to my wife. I said, “remember that name because it’s going to be big.” I’m having the same feeling about Joost. I’ve been meaning to post on Joost since I read this article about the company in Wired magazine. The foudners created Kazaa and Skype, and announced…
Today is the first post-Superbowl day where people have easy universal access to all of the commercials. Do you suppose anyone is working today? YouTube is inviting people to rank their favorite Superbowl ads. What stood out for you? Someone submitted them all the Superbowl commercials to Metcafe as well. Now THAT’S some time on…
The title to this post will be lost on anyone that’s not an Eddie Murphy fan. But there’s at least one reader who will get that. The Cap’n came to my defense like a big brother wrestling down a bully. Thank you readers for your help in fixing the Break.com situation. Seems I’m not the…