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Huffington Post Passes Los Angeles Times and Washington Post in Web Traffic, Compete.com
The Huffington Post has passed both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times in monthly unique visitors, according to Web tracking service Compete.com.
Tim Berners-Lee to Hollywood: Move from “Channels” to Random Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, says that as video on the Web continues to grow, the movie industry needs evolve from a "channels" scenario to a "random access" platform, where films can be universally searched, watched, and paid for.
Univision Ramping Up Web Video
After its first-ever Web series "Crossed Lives" drew more than two million views, Spanish-language network Univision, says it's planning an ambitious slate of ad-supported and original Web shows for the year ahead.
Program Alert: Live From MSNBC.com @30 Rock, It’s Beet.TV on October 20!
Daisy and I are pleased to announce our next online video roundtable set for Tuesday, October 20th from 3-6 p.m. ET.
HealthiNation Mines Video Metrics with Brightcove 3
For content providers, metrics are vital to success or failure. Metrics help providers know when their videos are capturing a viewer's attention and when they're not.
NBC Local Launches iPhone App for Company’s Microblogging Platform
NBC Local, the network of 10 regional U.S. Web sites created around television stations, is expanding its microblogging platform called SoMyCity to the iPhone with a new app which launched this week.
Yahoo to Expand Original Video Production and Content Acquisition
Yahoo! has a checkered history with original entertainment content. The Web giant famously tried and failed to make a splash in Hollywood when it hired television programmer Lloyd Braun.
5min Has Become a Video Ad Network, Reaching 250 Million Unique Users
5min, a company that produces and distributes how-to videos, has evolved as a sort of video-ad network, inserting relevant videos and advertising into over 320 different sites with some 250,000 unique monthly visitors.
Anne Frank Film Clip from 1941 is Huge on YouTube: 1.5 Million Views in 7 Days
Late last month, the Amsterdam-based museum Ann Frank House launched a channel on YouTube.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “….we’re used to being blamed for everything”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn’t accept that his company is a sort of “vampire,” sucking blood out of our newspapers. He says that because Google plays such a central role in the Internet, “we’ve been somewhat used to being blamed for everything.”
BigThink Goes to College to Find Emerging Influencers
BigThink, the video site featuring stylized video clips of leading thinkers in culture, politics, the economy, and academia, is expanding its scope in the academic world, Victoria Brown, co-founder and CEO told me.
Cisco Makes Big Expansion in Video Conference Technology with Tandberg Purchase
Cisco is greatly expanding its capabilities in the video conferencing business with the acquisition of Norway's Tandberg for $3 billion in cash, in a deal announced earlier today.
Simon & Schuster Authors on “Game-Changing” Platform for Digital Book/Video Hybrid with a New “Vook”
NEW YORK — In the fast-changing landscape of digital book publishing there is now something called a vook, a product and company which is a hybrid of text and video, delivered on the Web and as an iPhone download .
Yahoo! Video Strategist: Online Video Ad Standards Challenged by Creative Advertisers
Online video advertising faces many challenges, including standards and how such standards inform conversations with advertisers and marketers, said Rebecca Paoletti, the director of video strategy at Yahoo!
Brightcove Targets non-Media Businesses as Profit, Revenue Grow
Online video platform company Brightcove turned a profit for the first time earlier this year and is growing revenue 50% each year thanks in part to an expansion strategy that reaches past the media industry.
New York Times Digital Chief: About.com Has “Unbelievable Margins” from Google AdSense
About.com, the online network of special interest communities, enjoys "unbelievable margins" from Google AdSense, said Martin Nisenholtz, who heads digital operations at The New York Times Company, which owns About.com.
Twitter Gets Funded, An Emerging Media Company to Watch
So, its official, Twitter has raised $100 million in venture funding. It will be interesting to see how funding will change the company.
Mochila Defines New Approach to Video Syndication
Syndicating online video to different Web sites is not an easy task, with sites running numerous different video players and formats.
Nearing the “Tipping Point” for Online Video Advertising
After five years in gestation and much anticipation, online video advertising is reaching a “tipping point,” of becoming a major part of the media mix, writes Temor Media CEO Jason Glickman in a guest column on Fortune’s Brainstorm blog.