Generate Weekly Insider – 4/13/09
Posted by Generate Studios on April 28th 2009 in Weekly InsiderGenerate in OnHollywood Top 100:
Generate has been named in the Digital Content Publishers category of this year’s OnHollywood 100 as one of the top private companies in the entertainment/media & technology industry. Full article and list here: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/31890.
Contest: Please Vote:
Front Page Films (Oren Brimer/Pete Holmes) is once again a finalist in a commercial contest.
This is the Jim Beam “Remake” contest. Go here <http://www.jimbeam.com/thefinalists.aspx> and vote for “The Boss.” You can vote once a day, every day until May 7th. Also, check out Oren’s video “Pretend You’re Blind Fridays” on the Atom.com showdown: http://www.atom.com/showdown/
Viral Videos:
(Tiffany A)
http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000089?v=4816051&l=100022574
(Amanda) Master of the Gayme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWuuuS_Wa-Y&feature=channel
Patrick Duffy & The Crab
The second episode “The Crab dares Patrick to Eat A Dime” will be on the homepage of Youtube tomorrow featured in a guest editorship by POPTUB.
Events:
Tubefilter Hollywood Web TV Meetup
Friday April 17th 7pm Avalon
http://april09-hollywoodwebtv.eventbrite.com/
(Aida) “Get Digital” Seminar Paley Center
Tuesday May 12 2009 10am-4:30pm
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/292125756/PaleyLA
Articles:
(Patrick) Brand Names Live On After Stores Close
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/business/14liquidate.html?_r=2&hp
(Janis) Mars Puts Media Chores in Play
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/account-activity/e3i88116c87ff588423ce66d27d610ad35e
(Patrick) Iphone changes dynamics of game software industry
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-ct-iphone-games13-2009apr13,0,239164.story
(Amanda) Best Job in the world!
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=101549&videoChannel=1004
(Patrick) US Postal Service Refuses to Mail Promo Postcards for Adam Rifkin’s New Movie “Look”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04072009/gossip/pagesix/no_delivery_163241.htm
(JB) Comedy Central cancels Chocolate News in their ongoing effort to clone the Daily Show
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/03/11/comedy-central-cancels-chocolate-news-in-their-ongoing-effort-to/
(Amanda) Gay Marriage Supporters watch historic vote in VT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gay_marriage_vermont
(Janis) Youth Group: Bravo’s New Slate Targets Younger Demo
http://www.adweekmedia.com/aw/content_display/mediaupfront/news/special-reports/e3ie2a94edbc5b0a7c13cb28177ba098cf5?ref=mediaweek
All in the Facebook family: older generations join social networks
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/13/social.network.older/index.html?iref=t2test_techmon
Youtube, Sony Pictures in talks over feature films
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10212585-93.html
Study: CPG ROI May be Measurable in Facebook, Myspace
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135940
YouTube Moving the Needle on Advertising Sales
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135859
Twitter Becomes Qwest, Starbucks, Comcast Customer Service Tool
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103716
Facebook Hits 200 Million Users
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103704
Yahoo’s plan: create community from isolated sites
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE53562820090407
Yahoo, GrindTV Link Up for Channel
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787142
Social Media Reaches ‘Empowered Women’
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103632
Webtrends Radian6 Help Monitor Social Media Buzz
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103638
The YouTube Model is Dead
http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=430&doc_id=174959
Myspace a Bulletin Board, Not Private Room, Says California Court
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/06/myspace-a-bulletin-board-not-private-room-says-california-court/
