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Internet TV – Is Now The Time To Build New Networks?

June 20, 2010

There’s been a lot of movement in the web video world of late, and as a micro media mogul at my very core, I’ve been paying keen attention to it.  Broadband proliferation, the rise of smart, connected TV’s, set-top boxes from Google, and PC to TV app-based systems like Boxee, are all driving forces behind [...]

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New TV – How Broadband, Cord Cutters, and Media Center Apps are Changing the Way We Watch

May 16, 2010

We just got FIOS at my house this past week.  It’s BLAZING fast, the HD looks nice, and so far we’re well pleased with our decision to get it.  We opted for the 25 mbps up/down package.   That’s INSANELY fast.  What will I do with that upload speed?  Funny you should ask.  Watch this for [...]

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The End of Innocence – Why Social Media Is the New Corporate Media

May 9, 2010

Let my start by saying that my career in media has been paying the bills since 1988.  So I firmly embrace corporate media, advertising revenue and all media endeavors that enjoy commercial success. The lure of a life in TV (i’m a news cameraman by trade) was its combined appeal of an adventurous lifestyle and [...]

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White House Press Corps – The Road Warriors of the Fourth Estate Travel to Asia

November 11, 2009

On the Road Again In a few hours I’ll be wheels up from Joint Base Andrews on a chartered 747 bound for Asia.  I’ll be accompanied by my colleagues and contemporaries from the worlds of broadcast, print, and online journalism.  We’ll be keeping tabs on President Obama has he participates in the APEC summit in [...]

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Politico’s Foray Into Local News – DC Media Game Changer?

October 30, 2009

Politico, Newschannel 8, and WJLA TV Parent company, Allbritton Communications, has announced that it is jumping into local media here in the Washington DC metro area. Planned for launch next spring, the yet unnamed site hopes to leverage social web technology to lure audiences who have become disenchanted with traditional media. They also hope replicate [...]

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Local TV Transforms – Towers and Transmitters Meet the Social Web

December 11, 2007

NBC’s Local Media Initiative In a move that acknowledges the diminishing influence of one-way communication channels, NBC has renamed the Television Stations Division “Local Media Division”. There was a great deal of coverage in industry blogs. Media Week and Lost Remote have both framed the change as a fundamental shift in business. NBC Local Media [...]

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Era of Conversation – New Media Marketing Day Recap

October 10, 2007

Speaking at the Direct Marketing Association of Washington’s “Era of Conversation” conferencePhoto by CC Chapman Last Thursday, I had the unique pleasure of speaking before a group of marketing executives at the Direct Marketing Association of Washington’s confab in DC. I spoke to one of the many break-out sessions on “new media basics” – fitting [...]

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