Tag Archives: YouTube
News director threatens blogger, asks blogger to remove tweet
Sad, silly situation out of Oregon this week. The (currently) anonymous blogger behind Oregon Media Central was threatened with legal action over a tweet, by a news director.
The blogger heard about some embarrassing behind-the-scenes footage of the news staff that had been posted to YouTube by someone who presumably works at or used to work [...]
Posted in Authority Issues, New Media Also tagged copyright, free speech, KOIN-TV, Lawrence Lessig Comments closed
Jason Calcanis on how to kill Google
This smacks of cartel, but only if the publishers work together to start charging for the right to index their content. If they did it separately, it would just be smart business — finding a way to charge for their online content.
“New York Times, only available on Bing.” The horror, the horror!
Of course, it would [...]
Posted in New Media, Print Culture Also tagged google, Jason Calcanis, journalism, search Comments closed
Chance for YouTube fame decreases the more videos you post
A study by Fang Wu and Bernardo Huberman tells us that the most prolific posters on video sites like YouTube are less likely to become famous, while the one-shot wonders are more likely to crack the top-1-percent bracket of YouTube views.
Their abstract:
A hallmark of the attention economy is the competition for the attention of others. [...]
Posted in Digitalia, Entertainment, Social Networking Also tagged John Naughton, Social Networking Comments closed
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