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Blast from the Past: Indecision 2000 and How Video Stories Have Evolved

by David | Nov 8, 2008 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Politics & New Media

Man, check out John Stewart.  Is it me, or does he look just a little bit like the Muppet Beaker? Ah yes. The pardon of Marc Rich. Makes you nostalgic for a time when this was the worst crime that could be laid at the feet of the outgoing president, don’t...

Viral Video Hits: Campaign ’08 Edition

by David | Nov 2, 2008 | new media, Online Video, Politics & New Media

Now that we’re finally approaching the end of a presidential campaign season that started way back in May 2007 … and as an aside, allow me to observe that it used to be that declaring for the presidency the December before the Iowa caucuses/New Hampshire...

Sarah Palin and “Colors”: A Lesson in Image Control

by David | Oct 24, 2008 | Blogging, Blogs, journalism, New Marketing, new media, Online Video

One of the key moments in “Colors” came when “Pacman,” the young hothead cop (Sean Penn) was incorrectly identified as the guy that mistakenly shot an innocent black kid during a raid gone wrong.  The word came down that the gangs, in...

Barry Diller on Internet Advertising: “It makes my head hurt.”

by David | Oct 7, 2008 | advertising, Digital Migration, new media

I know how you feel, Barry. This quote from an excellent Wall St. Journal interview with one of the smarter (and more ruthless) guys in the media biz. He’s coming forward to explain why he busted up IAC. “You really want to get a headache? Try to understand...

Replacing Newspapers: A Cocktail Approach

by David | Oct 6, 2008 | advertising, Blogs, Design, Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Online Video

I hate like hell to keep doing quick, off-the-cuff bites at such big topics, but maybe I should just resign myself to accepting the web ethos of not trying to do all things at once.  Yeah, yeah, I know – “Eat the elephant one bite at a time.”So...
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