Podcast Expo: Wallstrip Creator Gives Insight
The New Media is so, well, new, success within it – taking your idea from the computer screen to the Big Dance that is Old Media – brings throngs of listeners eager to hear how you did it, and how they can do it, too. But Howard Lindzon, creator of Wallstrip, a video podcast that [...]
YouTube 101, Just Because
Your first reaction to the news that a college offers a class in YouTube might be to dredge up old "underwater basket-weaving" jokes; learning the school is in California, might be less surprising – after all, Stanford offers a course in Facebook apps. But the guys that made Google came from there so we cut [...]
TV Execs Forced To Respect Web’s Authori-tah
The phrase "revenue sharing" has not historically been in the media executive dictionary. An iron wall stood between the talent and the advertising money, whether it be television, movies, radio, newspaper, whatever. But our favorite libertarian equal opportunity offenders have managed to cement a 50/50 split of ad revenue with Viacom. I like this New [...]
CBS Mobile To Offer Content On Verizon
CBS Mobile has partnered with Verizon Wireless to bring full-length episodes of the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" to V Cast Video starting tomorrow. CBS is the first broadcast network to offer V Cast video subscribers full length on-demand programming. The late night programs will be commercial-free [...]
CBS, Fox Still Stingy About Debate Footage
Activists on both sides of the political fence are thrilled that NBC, ABC, C-SPAN, and CNN have all agreed to allow Presidential debate footage to be legally shared, blogged, excerpted, and uploaded to video sites like YouTube. CBS, however, still hasn’t joined the Web 2.0 revolution, and Fox has said it has no intention of [...]
Google, Viacom Can Get Along
Sumner Redstone, who controls Viacom and CBS, said Google’s YouTube Web site can live peacefully with companies like Viacom. Bloomberg is reporting that Redstone said," The Google people are intelligent people, they can live peacefully with companies like Viacom. He mad the remarks at the Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. That [...]
Joost Signs Deal With CAA Talent Firm
The Creative Artists Agency (CAA) represents some incredibly famous people, including Stephen King, Robin Williams, and Bruce Willis. The CAA also represents Joost, the Internet television service, thanks to a deal announced earlier this week. Joost has taken an ultra-legal approach to Internet TV – no user-generated or unauthorized copyrighted content here – and it [...]
CBS Snaps Up Wallstrip
Wallstrip is a Web video show that, through its mix of “stock culture meets pop culture,” is closely associated with Wall Street. Now it’s also associated with CBS – although those two names aren’t so similar, CBS has just acquired the company for an unspecified amount. CBS Snaps Up Wallstrip Or, as Wallstrip’s founder, Howard [...]
Jericho Fans Go Nuts Online
The cancellation of a CBS drama series has prompted outraged fans to try and save their beloved series by grabbing some nuts and flinging them at senior CBS executives.Jake Green has inspired fans of the series Jericho to put their nuts where their passions are, and let CBS know they want the series to continue. [...]
Joost Receives $45 Million In Funding
Internet television service Joost has raised $45 million in venture funding from five companies. The companies that have invested in Joost include Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation, CBS and Viacom. "This funding represents a tremendous vote of confidence in Joost’s platform," said Janus Friis, co-founder of Joost. "We’ve carefully selected these investors [...]
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