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http://www.lostremote.com/ - Thoughts about local online news, advertising and the hyperlocal race, written by Cory Bergman. I work for msnbc.com, which owns EveryBlock, and my wife and I run Next Door Media, a neighborhood news network that won a 2009 Online Journalism Award. &nbs
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> Msnbc.com debuts new embeddable video players: We just rolled out a new version of our embeddable video players here at msnbc.com with some new features. They’re now resizable, you can navigate and watch multiple clips inside the player (it flips over with options), and you can share clips ...
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Comcast to take majority stake of NBCU : The deal will be finalized on Thursday, reports CNBC , but it could take as long as a year to close the transaction. Comcast will own 51 percent, and 49 percent will stay with GE.
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> Tweeting the competition: As of today, @breakingnews is editorially managed by msnbc.com, as I wrote last week. This is one of the first tweets, and yes, that link goes to CNN.com.
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> CBS in Philly rolls out digital newsstands: Just over three dozen newsstands in Philadelphia are now equipped with a ticker and HDTV set featuring headlines and video from CBS’ local TV and radio properties. It’s powered by a deal with Center City Direct .
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YouTube thinking about streaming TV shows for a fee : But would you pay the same to watch a stream as you would pay to download and own?
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> > “Local TV news is already dead,” says Michael Rosenblum in this interview with Mark Joyella. Never shy to speak his mind, Rosenblum has long evangelized the use of “one man bands” or videojournalists in newsrooms to reduce the cost of doing business. His advice to local TV stations ...
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Local TV execs say they'll continue to own weather : Local TV’s biggest franchise is weather, and with the explosion of digital options, that franchise is under attack. Broadcasting & Cable asked 20 local TV executives what they think, and they responded with a “nearly unanimous belief that ...
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AOL aims to reinvent content publishing : The WSJ has a fascinating story on how AOL will soon “begin to tap a new digital-newsroom system that uses a series of algorithms to predict the types of stories, videos and photos that will be most popular with consumers and marketers.”
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“The dominos are going to fall. The television industry is going to feel the impact of the Internet that music and print have suffered through. It will change everything about television production, distribution, advertising — where revenues come from and how wealth is created.” > - Akamai CEO ...
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> Msnbc.com teams up with BNO News and @breakingnews: BNO News is launching a breaking news wire service today, and we’re excited here at msnbc.com to announce we’ve signed on as a client. Since BNO News is shifting its attention to the paid service, msnbc.com has agreed to editorially ...
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“The highlight for me was seeing the founder and editor of West Seattle Blog, Tracy Record, positioned on stage next to msnbc.com president Charlie Tillinghast. Two years ago, who would have believed that a neighborhood news site would warrant the same consideration as one of the giants in the ...
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> Twitter lights up its geolocation API: It’s here , but it only works 1) if you turn on geotagging in your account settings on Twitter.com and 2) you’re using a Twitter mobile application with the geolocation feature, like Foursquare. Both these factors will combine to make this a rather ...
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> Fox Sports launching local sites, too: Joining the ranks of ESPN and Comcast, Fox Sports is quietly rolling out a network of a dozen local/regional sports sites, like FoxSportsArizona.com . In less than a year, local sports has suddenly become an incredibly competitive field, with local ...
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AOL hiring journalists, laying off just about everyone else : AOL announced today that it’s planning to lay off 2,500 employees — about a third of its staff — but the company is still hiring journalists in a plan to beef up original content. That’s a change.
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“What’s happening?” > - What Twitter now asks you, instead of “What are you going?” — a subtle change to try to encourage more newsy Tweets. “People are witnessing accidents, organizing events, sharing links, breaking news, reporting stuff their dad says, and so much more,” explains co-founder ...
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> > YouTube offers news organizations APIs for user uploads: YouTube continues its push into citizen journalism with the launch of YouTube Direct , a set of APIs that allows news organizations to use YouTube as the platform for user video uploads. “Users can upload videos directly into ...
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“By using your call letters, you’re automatically limiting yourself to those who follow your newscast. Why not open it up, make it more inclusive and pull in a whole new audience online?” > - Lost Remote emeritus Steve Safran talking about local TV website branding in a Broadcasting & Cable ...
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> Comcast launching local sports sites: Comcast is pouring some serious cash into an effort to compete with ESPN.com in local sports. The first site, Comcast SportsNet New England , will ultimately hire 40 staffers. San Francisco, DC/Baltimore and Chicago will soon follow.
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> > A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis suggests that news media companies team together and propose that Bing pay them a fee to block Google from indexing their search results. Interesting.
Adds Don in comments: “So you’ll have a pocket full of ...
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GonzoCamp sparks entrepreneurial ideas for news : The second annual GonzoCamp — a brainstorming and prototyping session to generate new ideas around news — just wrapped up here in Seattle, and TechFlash has a summary . GonzoCamp is the brainchild of Mark Briggs . “Instead of panel discussions ...
