Dangerous Journalism
This cracked me up. Our intrepid journalist is reporting from in the trenches, right next to the action. He’s really helping the viewer feel the experience as if we’re right there with him.
Brian Roberts Talks Comcast Future
Brian Roberts of Comcast talked about what Comcast likes about the content business without mentioning NBC, their on-demand online product as part of the TV everywhere strategy, Apple as friend or foe, Net Neutrality, broadband, IPTV, open platforms, 3rd party developed interactive applications on the set-top-box.
Paying to Watch Sports
In 2010, MLB will continue to focus on developing their wireless application. Over 1 million people have downloaded the MLB app on the iPhone @ $9.99 a pop. MLB will focus on Android, Sprint and all the other platforms that are out there. The goal is to have 3-4 million new app downloads in 2010.
Economist Media Convergence Conference
We will broadcast the next episode of Naked Media live from the Economist Media Convergence Conference in NYC. Dorian is moderating the kick-off panel discussion at the conference on “The Future of Media” with a group of leaders in the industry.
Full Disclosure on Political Talk Shows
I’ve never seen a political talk show in which guests disclose any conflicts of interest or other full disclosure that might be relevant as they spew opinion on health, military or energy policy.
Skype Calls
Since my AT&T cell phone rarely gets reception…anywhere…I’ve started to rely on Skype more and more to make phone calls. It’s pretty satisfying. I always use Skype or Google Chat to talk to other people who are on their computers, but haven’t really used Skype to make calls to phones.
AT&T How Doth You Scorn Me
My question is if my 2 year contract requires me to commit to paying about $100 per phone to AT&T each month, isn’t AT&T required to provide reasonable service in return? Am I allowed to break the contract, arguing lack of performance on their end?!?
Social Media Monitoring Tools
We’re webcasting a Social Media Monitoring panel discussion right now. Below is a non-exhaustive list of monitoring tools and places to go to keep up with the newest and greatest tools. I’ve been putting it together with other online participants while watching the panel.
Linkedin Recommendations
Cindy eats projects for breakfast and poops out the deliverable before lunchtime.
The Great ESPN.com Browser Crash
I’m not sure if anyone else who regularly reads ESPN.com has the same issues, but every day the site crashes my browser, whether I’m using Safari or Camino. I’ll have a bunch of tabs open, one of them on ESPN.com, click on a story, and….crash.
