Earlier this week, in the teeth of a wicked storm, I trekked to a studio loft in San Francisco for the first taping of 5 Across, a new video program undertaken by Mark Glaser of PBS’s MediaShift blog. The gathering was interesting on several levels. First, because it was instructive to see how Mark would […]
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Dancing Matt Harding stumbles on Web’s true meaning
You’ve probably seen the Where the Hell Is Matt? videos — the main one has been viewed over 11 million times and the 2008 version (above) more than 9 million times. In today’s San Jose Mercury News, Mike Cassidy interviews dancing Matt Harding and writes about he has stumbled on the true meaning of the […]
Bid4Vid, the video jobs marketplace, launches
The teams at Ourmedia and Outhink Media are happy to announce the launch today of a new sister site: Bid4Vid.com. For any skilled producer who has wanted to earn money by shooting and editing video, we think you’ll like the idea: Already about 30 buyers (businesses or individuals in the market for a video) […]
Justin Kan of JustinTV
Last week at OnHollywood I caught up with Justin Kan, creator of Justin.tv. Justin’s been the talk of the social media world the past couple of months, especially at the Web 2.0 Expo and at OnHollywood. He wears a webcam 24/7, and Justin.tv will be rolling out live video streaming services for subscribing shortly. Here’s […]
Jack Valenti dead at 85
Jack Valenti, who was president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America for nearly 39 years and who created the movie ratings system of G, PG and R, died today at age 85. I always respected the man, and devoted most of a chapter to him in my book Darknet, even if I […]