Today’s great post from Mindy McAdams reminded me of some thoughts I’ve had recently about online video. News organizations are trying too hard! There’s an easier way to tell video stories on the web.
The web is not TV
Television news has gotten us used to a specific format of video. But a TV [...]
ReadWriteWeb sez:
Starting today, CNN will allow all users to embed videos from CNN on their blogs or social network profiles. With this, CNN is following a growing trend among news organizations like MSNBC, FoxNews, and CBS. … CNN is clearly hoping to see some of its clips go viral, and with the political season in [...]
TechCrunch posted about CNN’s twitterings the other day: Apparently, the feed’s followers were upset about a tweet that spoiled their Olympic viewing experience by revealing golden boy Michael Phelps’ latest feat shortly after he kicked the aquatic asses of the world’s other really freakin’ fantastic swimmers.
But it wasn’t CNN that tweeted. It was cnnbrk, [...]
Marketing guru Seth Godin wrote two great bits last week on how the news is screwed up.
First: The New York Times should only publish something if it’s true and important.
If I were editing the Times, I’d look at every single editorial feature, every single article and ask if it met either of the two things [...]
A new arms race is on, but its not being fought between the usual players. Media outlets, nationalist groups, coders, and governments are all fighting to control the flow of information.
Some news from the front:
Russia bearing down
Government efforts to block access to websites like The Great Firewall of China are at this point well-known. [...]
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