“It is a Shift from Habit to Choice”
Thursday, January 31st, 2008NBC's Jeff Zucker made his opening keynote speech at NATPE'08 yesterday. He made one clarifying remark: "It is a shift from habit to choice." Traditional media companies that produce movies, TV, cable, and radio, for that matter, are discovering that ...
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60Frames Numbers After One Week
Thursday, January 24th, 2008There's been a lot of talk lately about independent production studios hoping to sidestep the traditional Hollywood producers and publish their own content online. NewTeeVee has done a great job of covering the announcements, finance deals, and great promises ...
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The Best of Online Video News
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008One of my classes in film school required me to get a subscription to the Daily Variety instead of buying text books. This was before blogs and online editions and the school was in Boston, a wonderful city that ...
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Is Negative Publicity Truly Harmful?
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008...or is the phrase "all publicity is good publicity" really true? Partida Tequila just launched Tequila Confessions, a website featuring personal Tequila stories told in a "man-on-the-street" fashion. The only problem is that the stories that are being "confessed" don't ...
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Christmas DVDs
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I got the Special Edition 2-Disc Transformers DVD for Christmas. Oh, my, is the acting bad, but it is literally the greatest movie in the world. I've watched it ten times now, but never straight through. I ...
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New Script Magazine Issue. Get it Now!
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Our latest Script Magazine article hits newsstands this week! The article covers how having a successful video series means going beyond just posting on the Youtubes and Revvers. A successful online series has to find not just fans of ...
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Podcast and New Media Expo - Day One
Friday, September 28th, 2007Alec and I are currently attending the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California where today we were lucky enough to be attend five different sessions with speakers from the top of their fields. Here's my top five ...
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Two Amazing Quotes of the Day
Friday, September 28th, 2007Howard Lindzon, creator of WallStrip, gave us these gems today at the Podcast and New Media Expo: "I didn't have an agent. I'm glad. They suck. They're worse than real estate agents." "TV should rot in hell. [Everyone ...
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Day 1 at the New Media Expo
Friday, September 28th, 2007Bob and I headed to Ontario, CA for the Podcast and New Media Expo. "New Media" has come a long way from the days when I worked for Jupiter Media Metrix, which hosted huge events attended by thousands of ...
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