July 2009
Just started up a new Tumblr for web video shows... →
ericmortensen:
It’s all original, legit content and, so far, features the likes of Sonic Youth, Passion Pit, Mick Jones, Amanda Palmer, Brazilian Girls, Of Montreal, Genesis P-Orridge, Matthew Dear, A Place To Bury Strangers and KRS-One. Lots more to come!
You can read it in blog mode or watch it in TV mode. A good chunk of it should playback on iPhone/Pre/Android, too. We just started...
What Were They Thinking? →
azspot:
Everyone should have a hobby. Mine is collecting names of businesses that don’t make sense. Below are some real examples:
1. Icarus air Travel. Icarus only had one flight and it ended badly.
2. The Abelard School, a private academy. Abelard was best known for sleeping with a student.
3. Gandhi’s Fine Indian Cuisine. Gandhi was not a known to be a hearty eater or gourmand.
4. Mecca...
“Approximately 61 percent of those aged 19-29 say they watch movies and TV shows...”
– Contentinople - Ryan Lawler - Report: Cord Cutters Tuning In to Online Video on the TV (via johnfitzpatrick)
“Newspapers that have been written off on the corporate expense account will no...”
– Paper Cuts for Conde Nast- New York Post
Just the opening salvo in an 11 week cost cutting exercise at Conde Nast, spearheaded by McKinsey.
I was a consultant a couple of years ago, engaged in a very similar exercise at different magazine company.
A magazine is not a typical corporate culture. ...
Blip.tv – On the Web and FiOS TV →
“In the midst of Q2 earnings season, and after the upfront season has passed,...”
– Blip.TV’s New Deals Give Broadband Producers a Boost
That last line within the parentheses iis my favorite: note to Silicon Valley: you need “media” in order to have a “new media” industry (via adamiss)
“A few days later, President Obama said the police acted stupidly. Big mistake! A...”
– Stephen Colbert (via savingpaper) (via apsies) (via robot-heart-politics) (via asprettyasasong) (via mikehudack)
Ugh…I read Nicholson Baker’s review of the Kindle 2 in this week’s New Yorker (on my Kindle) and was immediatly reminded why Conde Nast has to have McKinsey come in and help them make it. WAKE UP PEOPLE.
“Blip.tv might be what television of the future looks like. Blip.tv is inventing...”
– The Roxburgh Agency » Blip.tv Perfect for Budding TV Producers (via mikehudack)
'Viral' Movie Ad Fails in Every Way Possible →
Congrats to Blip.tv
caro:
Mike, Dina, Justin, Charles, et al. have been real “glue” in the NY tech community as it has re-emerged from obscurity over the past few years, and so a lot of lot of locals are really proud of them regarding today’s big announcement, to say the least.
But it was also just an incredibly refreshing press conference to go to, because rather than booking a stale hotel ballroom and feeding us...
“Today, blip.tv announced a raft of new distribution deals, including YouTube,...”
– Advertising Age
Damn straight!
(via ericmortensen)
Blip.tv Brings Programs to YouTube, Ads to... →
blip.tv: the next generation →
soupsoup:
bliptv
You’d have to be nuts not to syndicate your content with blip.tv
blip.tv: the next generation
bliptv:
This morning we unveiled what we’ve been working on for the better part of a year. If you attended our breakfast event or watched it via LiveStream you’ve already seen the demos. If not you should shortly be getting access to the new stuff.
Our announcement focused on several things:
A completely new Show Creator Dashboard
An expanded distribution network that now includes YouTube,...
mikehudack:
RT @TechCrunch Blip.tv Lands A Big Distribution Deal With YouTube And Others; Redesigns Dashboard http://tcrn.ch/1Hbz
speakers @ blip.tv press event: tuesday july 28th,...
bliptv:
We’ve confirmed the speaker line-up for the press event tomorrow at blip.tv at 9am. It includes:
Amanda Richman, MediaVest
Tara Maitre, TiVo
George Strompolos, YouTube
Brett Wilson, TubeMogul (CEO)
Jon Heller and Doug Knopper, FreeWheel (co-CEOs)
And a surprise guest or two.
We’ll have a make-your-own cereal bar, a make-your-own-fresh-squeezed orange juice station; and some...
Magazines: Why Ad Pages Won't Ever Fully Return →
mikehudack:
brandpluscontent:
“Marketers are also applying stricter tests to all their efforts and, influenced by our rising on-demand culture and economy, seeking faster and faster results. Jim Spanfeller, outgoing president and CEO of Forbes.com, feels this is what’s hurting magazines.
Digital media is increasing the demand for instant accountability, he said, even though it falls short in...
At this point I am seriously considering funding—out of my own pocket—the creation of media planning RFP Excel templates that video sites (like the one I work for, blip.tv) can actually fill out without having to use 23 caveats and footnotes.
Just one example: I’m working on an RFP for a video campaign and the pull-down menu for “Creative” has no...
Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods... →
asprettyasasong:
jhnbrssndn:azspot:
IKEA has pulled off a greater deception, convincing “millions of people around the world that mass-manufactured furniture that looks, feels, and smells like extruded Lego blocks is not only affordable and stylish but soulful.” One of cheap’s greatest costs is the deskilling of labor. In IKEA’s case, “centralized capital, not craftsmanship, is where the power...
Been a long week. Did something this morning I haven’t done since college: got pancakes for breakfast. Really good whole wheat pancakes with strawberries and blueberries. I forgot how good pancakes are. I am now in a much better frame of mind.
And watching “The Jerk” on HBO. One of my personal Top 10 movies of all time. I wish I had an “OptiGrab” for my...
