Writers' Strike Picketer Speaks Out
An insightful yet hilarious opinion about the writer's strike from a Daily Show writer.
I found this on http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/ , which is kind of like the Cronkbyte blog for the NY Times.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
CNN International to Expand International News Gathering Operations
The Cable News Network (CNN) is taking steps to expands it international news gathering capabilities, and plan to open a bureau in the United Arab Emirates and have new full-time reporters in India and Afghanistan. Earlier this year, CNN ended its relationship with news gathering agency Reuters in order to put that money into its own operations. CNN plans to do more original reporting and then be able to distribute it through cnn.com and CNN Mobile. Much like Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation's purchase of the Wall Street Journal, large news organizations see premium content as a way to remain relevant in an ever-changing media landscape. The hope is that by having premium content that they will be able to use that content to spread across multiple platforms and cash in on traditional and digital media.
NBC acquires new Internet series 'Quarterlife'
NBC has acquired the rights to a new series that will debut on myspace on November 18. The series, called "Quarterlife", is about "a group of creative 25-year-olds and how their personal lives are described in the blog of the lead character, a would-be writer named Dylan Krieger." The series will be shown in several 8 minute episodes on myspace, and then on the shows website quarterlife.com. NBC is expecting to be able to show the series in February, once the series has completed its internet run.
Anna Quindlen
Where does Anna Quindlen get her online news? During a lunch with students and staff at the Walter Cronkite School she listed the following sites:
Friday, November 16, 2007
Online Video Sites Courting Striking Writers
The WGA writers strike is still only a few weeks old, and many shows have not gone into repeats yet, but people are saying the internet will be the place that benefits most from this strike. Not only will it benefit from a possible increase in traffic, but also from newer content. The online video site break.com is inviting striking writers to upload their videos to their site. The online video site is offering $5,000 to the highest-rated video from a WGA member. Could it be that the 2007 writers strike will do for the internet, what the last strike in 1988 did for cable television. If writers can find it possible to make a living in online video, it could be a turning point for the entire entertainment industry. Many comedians, such as Will Ferrell, have jumped on the online video bandwagon because of the creative freedom that they have. Writers may soon feel the same thing.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Video promo for newspaper/online series
Guys: We’re launching a series called Unequal Justice this weekend – in print and online – but to capture the Web audience we launched our Web-exclusive case files Thursday. And heck we couldn’t resist doing a video trailer. Check out the You Tube link down below. Makes me wanna plunk down $9 to go to the cinema, not just $1.50 for the Sunday paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmxzQrRzOFA
Also the series “case files” are at www.dallasnews.com/unequaljustice until Saturday night when we redirect that link to the series splash page.
Interested in what everyone thinks of the package and the trailer.
Anthony Moor | Deputy Managing Editor/Interactive | Dallas Morning News |
Friday, November 9, 2007
More News from the FEMA Primetime Players
"FEMA Press Secretary Directed Fake News Briefing, Inquiry Finds" - Washington Post
With the screenwriters on strike and many TV pros on hiatus, FEMA press secretary Aaron Walker may just have a shot at a "best director" nod this year . . .
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Offthebus and Scoop08 join political scene
From Editor & Publisher: NEW YORK Two new citizen journalism sites are offering coverage of the 2008 presidentiral election, according to EditorsWeblog.org.
OffTheBus.com (OTB) is a project launched by The Huffington Post for the campaign. Arianna Huffington and Jay Rosen of New York University publish OTB.
OTB has a low start up costs of $150,000. Like much of The Huffington Post, the writers will not be paid.
Even though the contributors will not be trained journalists, Huffington says she doesn't expect it to be a free-for-all.
Huffington has made it clear that if someone writes an opinion it can go on the site’s blog. She doesn't expect her correspondents to be completely neutral on campaign issues. She does, however, expect them to be clear when they have a bias.
A similar site for campaign coverage is Scoop08.com, which plans to debut this Sunday. The site was created by high school and college students and targets its younger demographic.
PhoenixPicks.com
One of my newest favorite things to find in my inbox! You can sign up for the bi-monthly newsletter (or visit the website) and get the goods on everything fantasia in Phoenix: bars, boutiques, art happenings, farmers markets, etc-basically all the things that make a city a fun place to live! And the writing is pretty sassy, too, which makes it that much better!
Is Fake News Now the Standard?
With Stephen Colbert out-polling half of the real presidential candidates, it's a decent question. Personally, I wouldn't call it the standard, but I do think it's a lot more compelling in certain ways than some of the TV journalism I've seen lately. Check out what the Los Angeles Times has to say about it . . .
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