Entries from November, 2007

Hulu Review

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Shortly after writing a mini-rant against NBC and Hulu, I got my invitation to view the private beta. After four minutes of rigorous testing, I can say this: the site is fast, the clips look good, and the experience ...

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We Barely Missed the List

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

The Producer's Guild of America announced their Top 50 List of Digital Innovators and Storytellers, as reported by THR. We barely missed the list, at #54 on the list for Flipper Nation.

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I Can’t Find What I Want

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about Saturday Night Live, and linked to a few of my favorite clips on YouTube. Big mistake. Now that NBC has pulled all of its content off of the site, all my links are ...

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Everyone’s Experimenting, Even Eisner

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Consider the words from Michael Eisner regarding his new media company Tornante/Vuguru (thanks: AdWeek). We're big fans of the Big Fantastic guys who did Prom Queen, and, according to Eisner, it "didn't make any money, but did make history." I ...

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On Producing, with Jon Shestack

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Martin Groves at THR gives a great interview piece with Jon Shestack, who produced Dan in Real Life recently. He offers some good advice and stories about pulling together huge players to get big budget movies done. In the online ...

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