Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'YouTube'
CNN on YouTube debate: 'no comment'
The headline at David Cohn's blog asks, "Why Vote for a Video If the Vote Takers Aren't Listening?" He's talking about the supposed YouTube debate set to air on CNN. It seems you can upload a question for the debate,...
Frequency key to video ads; Frequency key to video ads
Google is still working on its plan to launch advertising on YouTube’s video clips. Most sites use 30-second pre-roll ads, which still seem pretty darn annoying to me despite what some optimistic studies say. Perhaps the reason Google hasn’t followed...
How to save YouTube
YouTube can’t defend itself by claiming it’s good for business. But that’s what it’s been doing since being sued by Viacom for posting its video clips without permission and then making money off the inevitable eyeballs that follow. Here’s how...
And the Oscar goes to: YouTube, but was later removed
The Academy Awards becomes the latest group to insist that YouTube take down clips of its copyrighted broadcast, Variety reports. The clips that were removed are not available on Oscar.com, but the Academy folks said they're taking action to protect...
Google's gamble; Are the lawyers on deck?
Ever since YouTube first surfaced, it’s been a mystery how the thing isn’t shut down. Obviously, there are copyright violations on a massive scale. But instead of going the way of Napster and being torn down, YouTube was bought by...
Can't be the social network, so join the network
With TIME magazine’s recent pronouncement that we are all the person of the year because we participate in this alter-world of media, I’m reminded of something I hear from folks in the online journalism world far too often. It goes...
For Google, YouTube isn't all about you
Disclaimer: The following revelation will likely not come as an eye-opener to many people. For some reason, I’ve been thinking about Google’s acquisition of YouTube all wrong. When I heard the news, I thought, why is Google so interested in...
And the winner is . . . a waste of time
Howard Owens released a list of online awards for newspaper sites, as judged by a sophisticated panel of one, and asked for some feedback. So, I’ve decided to finally admit . . . I don’t like the TimesCast from Roanoke.com....
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