PoliticsYahoo, Politico to Host First Online Interview with PresidentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 12, 2008 - 10:41am.
Washington - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) and political news site Politico announced that on Tuesday they will offer the first online video interview with President George W. Bush from the White House. "Intellectual" Video Site FORA.tv Lands $4 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 7:03am.
San Francisco - FORA.tv, a video site that specializes in political and cultural content, has raised $4 million in its first round of funding, from Adobe Ventures, William Randolph Hearst III and others, Beet.TV reported. Consumer TV Ad Placement Service SaysMe Raises Series AAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 25, 2008 - 7:11am.
Los Angeles - SaysMe, a service that lets consumers create and purchase TV advertising, has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of financing, led by Intel Capital and Prime Capital. tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | TV | Intel Capital | Politics | SaysMe | Prime Capital | Katalyst Filims |
MySpace, NBC News Partner on "Decision '08" SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 22, 2008 - 12:55pm.
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace (NYSE: NWS) and NBC (NYSE: GE) News on Tuesday launched Decision '08, a new section on MySpace's IMPACT Channel that will feature in-depth election-related news, analysis and discussion. The site offers news feeds and daily videos from NBC News and MSNBC.com, as well as user-generated content from MySpace. How did you get the Breaking News about Gov. Eliot Spitzer being linked to a Prostitution Ring?Authored by Jay Baage on March 10, 2008 - 11:09am.
Lawrence Lessig Decides Against Congressional RunAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2008 - 1:37pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Stanford Law professor and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig has decided against a run for Congress, after talking with a pollster who advised him his chances of winning would be slim, Wired.com reports. Lessig said last week on his website that he was considering a run for the seat vacated by the death of Rep. Tom Lantos earlier this month. The pollster told Lessig he would not likely be able to defeat veteran California politician Jackie Speier, who had already announced her intention to run for Lantos' seat -- and gotten Lantos' endorsement as well. Creative Commons Founder Lessig Ponders Run for CongressAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 20, 2008 - 12:35pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Lawrence Lessig, the noted Stanford law professor, copyright expert and founder of the Creative Commons less-restrictive copyright scheme, is considering a run for Congress, CNET reports, citing a note on Lessig's blog. If he decides to run, Lessig would be vying for the seat vacated by the death last week of Rep. Tom Lantos. Lessig says he would run on a "Change Congress" theme, that includes banning lobbyist/PAC contributions and legislative earmarks, and moving to public campaign financing. "I need to see your support right now to understand there is enough support for this idea to make this campaign worth it," Lessig states in a video at Lessig08.org. MTV Citizen Journos to Post Live Mobile Video Reports TuesdayAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2008 - 10:53am.
New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV said this week that it will send a team of citizen journalists to cover elections in Super Tuesday primary states, who will stream live video broadcasts throughout the day via mobile phones to its MTVNews.com and ChooseorLose.com sites. The citizen journalists will be equipped with Nokia N95 mobile devices, which will capture video that will then be streamed live onto the Web using technology from Flixwagon. Ustream.TV to Produce Live Webcast of 2008 GOP ConventionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 29, 2008 - 12:46pm.
St. Paul, Minn. - Ustream.TV has been tapped to provide the official live video webcast of the 2008 Republican National Convention. In addition to "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the event, convention and other Republican officials will be scheduled to participate in live video Web chats and other online interviews that will be broadcast via Ustream.TV's platform. Digital Media Assoc. Hires Director of Government AffairsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2008 - 1:22pm.
Washington - The Digital Media Association (DiMA), which represents the interests of large webcasters including AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo, has hired Greg Barnes, former senior counsel to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, to become the association's legislative counsel and director of government affairs. "We look forward to having Greg on board as we continue to help digital media companies achieve a regulatory and business environment that supports industry growth, creative and technological innovation and greater consumer enjoyment of digital content," DiMA executive director Jonathan Potter. Scripps Launches Political Social Network RedBlueAmerica.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2008 - 11:22am.
Cincinnati - Scripps (NYSE: SSP), the owner of newspapers, local TV stations and cable networks including HGTV and Food Network, announced on Wednesday the launch of a social networking site that aims to be a "forum for diverse political and cultural ideas and opinion." RedBlueAmerica.com will include user-generated content, blogs, videos and other typical features. CBS Interactive, Digg Partner for 2008 Election CoverageAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 9, 2008 - 1:33pm.
New York - CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) said on Wednesday that it has partnered with news aggregation site Digg to provide reciprocal links and content during the 2008 election. Digg's election headlines will receive placement on CBSNews.com, while buttons that add a story to Digg's service will be placed alongside CBSNews.com content. Analysis: Obama Beats Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire OnlineAuthored by Heather Hopkins on January 3, 2008 - 8:13am.
The following table shows the ranking of the candidate websites
within the Lifestyle - Politics category in Iowa and New Hampshire
based on volume of traffic from each state. I've included all
candidates that show up among the top 100 Politics websites based on
traffic from each state in the past four weeks.
China Restricts Internet Video to State-Controlled CompaniesAuthored by Scott Goldberg on January 3, 2008 - 3:48am.
Letterman Lands Robin Williams as First Post-Strike GuestAuthored by Scott Goldberg on January 2, 2008 - 1:12am.
WGA Allows David Letterman's Writers to Return to WorkAuthored by Scott Goldberg on December 28, 2007 - 1:51pm.
Oprah Winfrey’s Website Draws Criticism for Obama SupportAuthored by Scott Goldberg on December 28, 2007 - 5:36am.
The New York Times Admits Errors on Ron Paul Blog PostAuthored by Scott Goldberg on December 27, 2007 - 5:29pm.
‘Daily Show’ & ‘Colbert Report’ Resume in January Sans WritersAuthored by Scott Goldberg on December 20, 2007 - 2:42pm.
MTV Recruits 51 Citizen Journalists to Cover 2008 ElectionsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 20, 2007 - 9:57am.
New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV on Thursday announced that it has recruited 51 citizen journalists to cover the 2008 elections from a youth perspective, and tailor their reports for mobile devices. Members will contribute weekly, multimedia reports in the form of video clips, blogs, animation, photos and podcasts, which will be distributed via a soon-to-launch WAP site, MTV Mobile, Think.MTV.com and to the more than 1,800 sites in the Associated Press Online Video Network. |
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