YouTubers Get Love from Yahoo, Google and Disney
What does it mean to top YouTubers now that Yahoo, Disney and Google are showing them love? Will we see the online-video landscape resemble network/studio relationships?
Weird News Unrelated to Online-Video Marketing
I always liked Weird News, and used to syndicate it for a local newspaper in Georgetown. That means I pulled it down from the wire, laid it out, and added a photo of a squirrel when necessary. Hey it sounds easy, but those weren’t the desktop publishing days, damnit. I used hot wax. So here, unrelated to…
Online-Video Contests: Still Going Strong
I used to write quite often about online-video contests because for many brands, that was their online-video strategy. It’s similar today when brand’s create a Facebook page to check off that nagging “social media” objective. A lot’s changed in the past years, and Jared “The Video Contest King” has reengaged, even musters up some praise…
YouTube News You Missed
Okay I forgot I had a blog again. The past two weeks have included trips to (in sequence) Virginia, Minneapolis, NYC, Washington, D.C. and NYC again. Enough about me. Let’s focus on YouTube today, since it’s turned 6 (that’s a near-death 94 years in TechCrunch years). If you missed the comment stream on my last…
Make Your Own CNN News: Nancy Grace Competition?
Looking for a DIY (do it yourself) news site to show TSA (transportation security administration) “pat downs” that are TMI (two much information)? Well put down your acronyms, and get out your cameras… I’m not sure how long this has been around, but I find this consumer-generate “breaking news” site interesting. CNN has a consumer-generated…
The Modern Family of Online Video
Modern Family. Best show on television. It’s saving ABC. I still adore The Office too. They’re both the #1 show on television. And if Modern Family and the Office had sex, and gave birth to an online-video baby, this would be it. Ladies and gents, please enjoy Jake & Amir (CollegeHumor) joining the Jonas, um,…
Online-Video: One-Man-Band to Brat Pack
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…
“Online Influencers” Definition: TechCrunch vs. Fast Company; 4Chan’s Moot Photo Faked.
Fast Company’s November issue takes on the subject of online influencers, with prominent features of YouTubers, iJustine and MysteryGuitarMan. The piece provided some nice insights into the “going rate” of a weblebrity/webstar… mid-high six figure incomes with $20-$50K per sponsored videos. Sustainable? Techcrunch took objection to the piece and brought it out back for a…
Auto-Tune The News (Favorite Video of the Year)
This absolutely is my favorite video of 2009. I’ve watched it at least 25 times, and my family is going crazy. Meet “Auto-Tune the News,” and this recent clip: “Murdered with a Spoon.” (Lot of details about the creators below). Isn’t it just so perfectly imperfect!? Do you walk away singing the intro melody over…
Jessica McClure Made CNN. Falcon Heene Made Twitter.
Before I start my rant, let me point to a copy of the YouTube video featuring Falcon “Balloon Boy” Heene and family (as seen on Wifeswap). I suspect you may be seeking that. In my opinion, today Twitter became CNN (in the same way CNN’s coverage of Jessica McClure put it on the map). In…