Generate Weekly Insider – 3/22/2010
Posted by aidamurgia on March 22nd 2010 in Weekly Insider
Videos:
The TV Theme Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i7u3fl-hP8&feature=player_embedded
The Future of Publishing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg&feature=player_embedded
A Brief History of Teen Communication
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrOnJVMVFkg&feature=player_embedded
Websites:
Failbooking
Failbooking’s mission is to give people the power to share their fails and infamy and make the world more hilarious and funny. Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with (questionable) friends, upload an unlimited number of (drunken) photos, share (potentially damaging) links and videos, and learn more about the (insane) people they meet (at Frat parties). http://failbooking.com/
Fiverr
The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5 http://www.fiverr.com/
Articles:
Google and Partners Seek TV Foothold
A platform called Google TV will bring the Web into the living room through televisions and set-top boxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?th&emc=th
Why Hollywood Keeps Making the Same Awful Movies
We’ve found the culprit: the audience
http://funnycrave.com/why-hollywood-keeps-making-the-same-awful-movies/11156/
Online TV-Watching Becomes Interactive Experience
NBC to Unveil Video Viewer Placed Amid Brand-Sponsored Web Content
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=142895
Crackle sees video streams rise
Ad support lags despite growth
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i873a43a2fac704260d080e12db4d78a8
The Game of Death: France’s Shocking TV Experiment
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1972981,00.html
Teen Girls: Sisterhood, Not Social Media, Sells
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=124239&nid=112256#
Post-SXSW, a Brief History of ‘Indie’ — and Why Marketers and Media Companies Love It So
In the Era of Evaporating Margins, True Indies Can Offer a Master Class on Survival
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=142866
The Numbers Behind the World’s Fastest-Growing Web Site: YouTube’s Finances Revealed
Events:
Exploiting Rights Management in a Multiplatform World
Free Live Webcast
Tuesday March 23, 2010 – 2PM EST • 11AM PST
http://www.media.qualitytech.com/client/new_bay/2010_0323/197610/launch.htm
Digital LA – Digital Drinks @ La Vida
Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00pm
La Vida – 1448 N Gower ST, Los Angeles
Join us for our next Digital Drinks at the upscale new La Vida restaurant, as part of Tubefilter’s Web TV Week leading up to the Streamy Awards. Invited: web video producers, directors, actors, production, Streamy nominees, friends, and fans. Check the schedule at http://www.webtvweek.com We’ll be at La Vida restaurant and lounge, which ‘captures the flavor of the Mediterranean in Hollywood.’ Sip our Digital Drink special under the plaster-archways and palm trees in the outdoor courtyard. Swap biz cards with digital professionals in the glowing cool blue aqua bar. Show your moves on the dance floor – or watch from the raised VIP area.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Television Awards Screening
Sunday, April 11th at 4:30 PM
Goldenson Theatre – North Hollywood, CA
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet the next generation of television professionals and see their winning work in the categories of Animation, Children’s Programs, Comedy, Commercials, Documentary, Drama, Music, Magazine Shows, Narrative Series, and Newscasts from the 31st College Television Awards. You will have a chance to meet the filmmakers and network with your peers.
http://emmysfoundation.org/cta-screening
Digital LA – Digital Music Panel: Artists Go Social
Monday, April 12 at 7:00pm
Stone Rose at Sofitel – 8555 Beverly Blvd
We like music! Join us for our pre-Coachella panel discussion with digital music industry experts on how artists are using social media and cutting edge tools to distribute and market their songs and brands.
ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Space limited. RSVP YES so we can let u know when registration is available
http://digitalla.net/
2010 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Sat, Apr 24, 2010-Sun, Apr 25, 2010
UCLA – 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095
UCLA hosts the largest festival on the west coast featuring more than 100 author panels (with authors ranging from Ray Bradbury to Mary Higgins Clark to Tori Spelling) and the “Comix Strip” which offers access to comic book, graphic novel and manga exhibitors
