Wall Street Journal Launches ‘Off Duty’ YouTube Channel
The Wall Street Journal announced it will launch a YouTube channel today that features “soft news” instead of “hard news.” The channel will showcase “Off Duty,” a daily lifestyle show based on the eponymous section of WSJ Weekend, the Journal's Saturday paper. Hosted by Wall Street Journal reporter Wendy Bounds, “Off Duty” will offer on-demand ...
The Video News Wire - The Launch Of The Reuters YouTube Channel
Reuters, one of the oldest and most respected news organizations in the world, has joined YouTube and will have a channel dedicated to all the world's news, including finance, politics, and technology. Reuters, much like many of the original channels announced, already has a channel on YouTube and their own website with video. But now, ...
How to Be a Web Video Spokesperson: The Orabrush YouTube Marketing Story - Part 2 of 4
In Part 2 of our series on the Orabrush YouTube marketing story, I interviewed Orabrush Spokesperson Austin Craig to talk about how he became the company’s spokesperson for their highly popular YouTube channel. (You can read Part 1 here). Austin shares several tips for others who are considering being a web spokesperson or web personality ...
YouTube Is Changing Journalism - The Reel Web #15
On this week's episode of The Reel Web, we show you what's happening with Netflix after all their customers leaving them recently. Also, YouTube and online video is really changing the way we consume media--especially journalism. And Xbox has made an interesting purchase that we'll look at as well. All that and more of the ...
Herman Cain Versus Online Video From Newspapers – Just The Stats, Man!
Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain made news recently for his campaign cancelling an interview with newspaper this Thursday, saying it didn’t want the interview to be video recorded and arguing that video is only typical for television. But do the latest stats show otherwise?
Diablo Cody Returns To The Web With Red Band Trailer
Several years ago, Diablo Cody launched her writing career by blogging her candid account of the life of an exotic dancer, which she then leveraged into the book Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Soon after came Juno, which won her an Oscar for original screenplay. And while her other ...
Newspaper Hacks and PR Flacks Aren’t “Singin’ in the Rain”
Most newspaper hacks and PR flacks are creatures of habit. They didn’t learn about YouTube or online video in the top journalism schools or the best colleges for communication majors. But the first YouTube video, Me at the zoo, wasn’t uploaded until April 23, 2005, long after many of these hacks and flacks had graduated.
Musings On YouTube, Cat Videos, & Lazy Journalism
Maybe it's time we let YouTube grow up. Maybe instead of constantly referencing YouTube as a site for "cat videos," even when reporting on the advertising side of the site, we should start giving them their due for what they really are: a behemoth of advertising dollars, small business videos, and future television stars.
A Pledge For Online Video Responsibility - A Video Code Of Ethics
The time is now to counter the troubling proliferation of socially irresponsible video online, and that starts with each of us. That’s why I’ve put together what I believe is the first-ever, “Pledge for Online Video Responsibility,” which I hope can help both online video professionals and enthusiasts be more mindful and considerate of others.
paidContent 2011: Learn From An Impressive Lineup of Digital Goods Experts
paidContent has long led the charge in covering, as they say, "the economics of digital content." This year they're hosting another conference event, called paidContent 2011, filled with round-table discussions, Q&A's, and keynote speakers from some of the web's leading content creators like Huffington Post, Gawker, and NBC Universal Entertainment. And you can be a ...
HTML5 Video Codec War Explodes as MPEG-LA Openly Calls for VP8 Patent Claims
The HTML5 video codec war just exploded! MPEG-LA, who you will remember holds the H.264 patent pool, just invaded Googlonia with a call for patent claims on the VP8 video codec. You will remember that Apple is a member of the H.264 owners, along with Microsoft. You might also recall that there have been some ...
Surprise, Surprise: YouTube Million Dollar Gift Was All A Hoax
You should probably sit down for this. Get composed, and ready yourself for really unexpected, bad news: The kid that asked for a million dollars on YouTube and then got it? Yeah, total hoax, exactly like I said it was. After staging a check-awarding ceremony and then burning the check, comedian Craig Rowin then posted ...
The Golden Age of Online Video News Consumption?
Today at the Washington Post and Beet.tv will explore the so-called golden age of online video in a two-hour panel panel discussion with Ann Derry, New York Times; Steven King, The Washington Post; Mark Larkin, CBSNews.com; Kevin Roach, The Associated Press; Anna Roberston, Yahoo! News; Mike Stephanovich, Reuters Insider; Mike Toppo, CNN.com; Jeff Whatcott, Brightcove; ...
Advertising Opportunities Abound In Hyper-Local News and Video
As journalism changes and newspapers undergo seismic shifts, big media companies are setting up local shops, and they’re hoping to win local online ad dollars as a result. AOL, ESPN, New York Times and NPR are all expanding quickly in the hyperlocal online business. Local online advertising has grown 45% each year for the last ...
YouTube News Feed Wants To Be Your Source for Breaking News
YouTube has many ambitions. They want people to watch hours of video instead of minutes in a day. They want to bring more fine art to the world of online video. And now they want to be your new favorite news anchor, and I think they’re going to succeed.
