Techcrunch announces that Warner Music Group will allow its music to be used in YouTube videos, but retain the right to yank it if it chooses. …the caveat that Warner will have effective veto power over videos using their music is particularly interesting. In effect it’s just a technological realization of the long standing policy…
Despite NBC reports to the contrary — and speculation by many YouTubers — LonleyGirl15 is actually real. Here is some footage we obtained of a 9-year-old Bree back in 1998. See for yourself. Some things never change.
Notice above we have a special tab for the page devoted to the “Tiffany’s Bag of Crap” Contest. I’ve added my entry called “Bike Off Roof.” Maybe I’m too self critical, but I don’t think it’s one of the worst. I may have to try again.
Behind the scenes when I make videos with the kids…
A new uber video destination site (called “The Viral Video Chart“) for those interested in what online video sites are hot. Via Micropersuasion and Jeff Jarvis. Here’s how they do it: We scan several million blogs a day to see which online videos people are talking about the most. We count the number of times…
I recently added an RSS for this new blog: FredGraver.com. Who’s Fred Graver? Well you should be embarassed you had to ask, but here’s his Wikipedia bio (and I won’t tell him you had to “refresh” yourself on his history). Fred works in big media, but he’s not afraid of the online video space. His…
I need to get something off my chest. All the bugs in the new Revver are my fault. I was given the opportunity to QA the site pre-launch. I did a cursory job and e-mailed back a few random bugs I noticed. But I wasn’t thorough. Because I’m lazy, have a low attention to detail…
Here’s the latest two entries to the “Crap in a Tiffany’s Bag” contest. The bar is set wonderfully low for this contest. All you have to do is enter and you’re pretty much guaranteed to be a finalist as long as your video isn’t that good. Remember the rules- it has to garner lots of…
Forrester Research’s Peter Kim posts the following: when will fame alone not be enough for CGM? As more people see opportunities for fame AND fortune – via sites like Revver, fake videos like lonelygirl15, or billboards for Court TV, is there a “tragedy of the CGM commons” in the making? The tragedy of the commons…
Max Kalehoff, VP of Nielsen BuzzMetrics, is calling this year’s Superbowl the one of “Marketer-Consumer Co-Creation.” In an article for MediaPost, Kalehoff cites examples like GM’s recruiting fledgling college talent and Frito-Lay’s contest for a 30-second ad – the winner will air during the Superblowl. Kalehoff poses 6 questions as the ad industry preps for…