Gawker, the once-mighty snark-blog of NYC that has been steadily losing its identity over the past few years, has post about MTV’s ad pitch at the upfronts:
“The network is also trying to sell sponsors on its “podbusting” techniques—i.e., making commercials that are like mini-shows in themselves. The theory, of course, is that making ads more [...]
There are a couple of posts out there this week that look at just what, if any, money independent web content producers are making.
Over on Gawker they talk to Yuri Baranovsky, the writer for Break a Leg, an original web comedy produced by the guys at For Your Imagination.
“Here’s how it all breaks down: with [...]
The old grey lady of blogs, Gawker, pointed me to a fun piece in the WSJ about the rise of what they’re calling “citizen paparazzi”:
“…an Internet-fueled industry that feeds on the public’s seemingly insatiable interest in entertainment news. Photo agencies are increasingly relying on submissions from regular folk who either happen to bump into celebrities [...]
NewTeeVee has a really interesting look at the path of NYU-student created UNDER THE ARCH - a web video which caused a fair amount of buzz when it was first released last year.
“The YouTube version has since been taken down, and now that Murray has changed his privacy settings on Facebook, it’s no longer available [...]
Gawker, which used to make fun of the NYT for being so late on “breaking” culture news, is finally taking a swing at quarterlife. In fact, it is Gawker’s own top dog, Nick Denton, telling us how it is:
“Marshall’s not stupid; it took a lot of skill to market his show and convince NBC to [...]
Although Gawker is not usually my go-to-site for new media news, there is a nice, concise slam of The Onion’s latest web video offering, a review of the top “viral” videos in the land.
As Gawker so succinctly puts it:
“This isn’t just the product of a snide writer, it’s true; but why bother telling me not [...]
