Viral Video: Luke Russert Honors His Father
BoomTown likes to post online videos that are viral, or should be, and I could not be any more impressed with this one. An excerpt from the eulogy that Luke Russert gave for his father–NBC’s “Meet the...
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Yahoo's Scott Moore Speaks!
Scott Moore, who runs the Yahoo Media Group, sat down with BoomTown at the company’s Santa Monica headquarters last week, to talk about the future direction of content at the company. While the Media...
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And We Couldn't Have Done It Without Jessica Yellin and the CNN Holodeck …
Tuesday’s presidential election was a historic one for more than just the obvious reasons. Monomaniacal interest in its outcome drove Internet usage to a new record. According to Akamai Technologies,...
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How to Use Facebook for Something Besides Hooking Up and Throwing Sheep
In the old days, way back in 2007, some of us cynical types wondered if Facebook would ever amount to anything beyond a place to throw sheep at your friends. Silly us! While we were really talking...
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Web Video's One-Day Obama Stimulus: How to Watch the Inauguration Live Online
Why is every media outlet in the world showing Barack Obama’s inauguration live on the Web on Tuesday? Because they can, of course. And because the presidency-to-be has already provided a short-term...
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How the Web Survived Michael Jackson's Death
The “fail” meme is one of the digerati’s least pleasant contributions to pop culture. Wouldn’t be accurate, anyway. Instead, let’s just say that the Internet was…challenged yesterday by the crush of...
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Michael Jackson's Last Performance on the Web: Big, but Not Obama Big
Depending on your perspective, this is either interesting news or heartening news: Michael Jackson’s funeral and memorial were indeed a giant Internet event. But they don’t seem to have been as big as...
View ArticleQ&A: Aggregation and the Future of Local News
Hunting through thousands of local blogs for quality tidbits of regional interest is too time-consuming for overtaxed, understaffed news teams. Why not rely on clever algorithms, much the way Facebook...
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MSNBC Readies a Cautious Move Onto the iPad
MSNBC is preparing its own entry into the iPad app derby. But the cable network is moving cautiously into the race: Its upcoming free app will feature programming from just one of its shows. Mark...
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Exclusive: BermanBraun Strikes Big Ad Deal with Starcom
In an interesting move for premium online content, Hollywood’s BermanBraun has signed an advertising deal with Starcom MediaVest Group, the media agency unit of advertising giant Publicis Groupe,...
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Viral Video: Keith Olbermann's Non-Apologetic Apology
MSNBC cable television host Keith Olbermann was back on the air last night after a short suspension and chatting up a storm–as usual, almost entirely about himself. This time it was supposedly to...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Offers Cheaper TV Package Without ESPN
Time Warner Cable Inc. is rolling out a lower-priced cable TV package called “TV Essentials” that excludes major cable networks like ESPN, Comedy Central, TNT, Fox News, MSNBC, Fox regional sports...
View ArticleBackstage at the Onion's New TV Show
One day, maybe not that far off, we won’t distinguish between video we watch on the Web and the stuff we see on TV. But for now, TV is still the big leagues–the place you go if you want the biggest...
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27,000 Reasons Why Twitter Is Rolling Out Its Own Photo Service
After a year of hints, nudges and winks, Twitter is launching its own photo service. The company has plenty of high-minded reasons for doing so, and CEO Dick Costolo laid them out during his D9...
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HuffPo Co-Founder Ken Lerer's Stealthy Start-Up Aims at CNN, Fox
Ken Lerer helped build an Internet news powerhouse out of thin air. Now he wants to do it again. The Huffington Post co-founder, who sold his site to AOL a year ago, is working on another Web news...
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Microsoft and NBC Call It Quits, for Real: Here's the MSNBC.com Divorce Filing
The MSNBC.com divorce hasn’t gotten quite as much ink as Tom and Katie, but it’s certainly been well-covered. Now both sides are making it official. Official statements below, but here are the relevant...
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Chute Gets $2.7M for User-Generated Media Developer Tools
Chute, which helps publishers and developers coordinate user-generated photo and video uploads, has raised $2.7 million from investors including Freestyle Capital, USVP, Battery Ventures, Salesforce...
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Vivian Schiller Is a Lock as Twitter's Head of News
Vivian Schiller, NBC News’ SVP and chief digital officer, is being tapped for Twitter’s head of news position, according to sources familiar with the matter. AllThingsD reported last week that she was...
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