Filed under: Feature
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: DAILY MARAUDER RETURNS
So, we’ve been off for a while. A lot has changed since June when last we left you. The Housewives from NJ taught us new phrases like shkeeve and bubbies.
Teresa Giudice from The Housewives of NJ
The Emmys lost more viewers. Glee gave us a second episode. The Hills and The City returned and Whitney tried to explain to us how superficial her ex-city was while rocking head-to-toe designer duds. Evan Rachel Wood’s lipstick on True Blood hurt our eyes but Jason made it all better. Our favorite character on aforementioned show died. Blerg.
I rode my bike 545 miles from San Francisco to LA to raise money and awareness for the AIDS Foundation.
Team Ralph Lauren
My bike was stolen two months later in Brooklyn after a 70 mile training ride. Nards! Speaking of which, should this happen to you check out Craigslist and watch the site for at least a couple of weeks. Bikes have been known to magically re-appear there.
Daily Marauder then went from Manhattan to Brooklyn to Los Angeles via cross country road tip in a Honda that has since hit 202,000 miles. If that doesn’t speak to the resale value, I don’t know what does.
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo TX
NY – NJ – PA – OH – KY – TN – OK – TX – NM – AZ – CA
The highlight of the trip:
Otherwise known as, visiting my grandfather’s house in KY.
Opposite coast, new office, same team, new view.
So now, the site you’ve come to love, or at least like a little bit, is back. For the next few weeks, we will be testing out a bit of new creative and a few different strategies on posts until we get it just right. Yes, like Goldielocks, we aim to please. So, until we get it right, we may or may not post every day and the format could change while we work out the kinks.
P.S. Don’t see Paranormal Activity, unless you also like sleeping with every light on in your house.
Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE
Officials say Colorado parents concocted the story that their young son was trapped in high-flying balloon to market themselves for a reality television deal. A yet-to-be-named “media outlet” that blurs “the line between entertainment and news” may be a conspirator. (Iwantmedia 10/19, Yahoo News 10/19)
Discovery’s TLC is filing a lawsuit against Jon Gosselin, the co-star of its smash reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” The suit charges that Gosselin violated his contract by taking paying gigs from other television shows, including CBS’ “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider.” (Iwantmedia 10/19, LA Times 10/19)
NBC’s Brian Williams, anchor of the most-watched evening newscast, will become a special “contributor” to low-rated “The Jay Leno Show.” Also:“Jay Leno” is undermining the viewership of local late-night newscasts, which are a crucial source of revenue for affiliates. (Iwantmedia 10/19, Broadcasting & Cable 10/19)
Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
YouTubeentered into a landmark programming deal with the UK’s Channel 4to make a broad variety of catch-up programming available on YouTube’s British site after it initially airs. Full episodes of shows such as Skins, Hollyoaks, The Inbetweeners and Peep Show will be available in the coming months on the “4oD” VOD service, in a addition to a selection of some 3,000 hours of programming from Channel 4′s archive. YouTube will be permitted to sell ads around the content and the British broadcaster will also deploy its own digital sales force to help monetize the platform. The deal is the first time YouTube, which is now serving 1 billion video streams per day, has tied up with a major broadcaster to feature long-form content. (Cynopsis 10/19)
This is the best thing to happen to online video in a very long time. Peep Show is imaginative witty, and hella funny. Check out the original before the Americanized version bastardizes it.
Seattle-based web-based retailer Amazon.com is feeling the pressure from a brick-and-mortar competitor. WalMart.com kicked off a price war of sorts, cutting the price of high profile hardcover books including Stephen King’s upcoming Under the Domeand Sarah Palin’s Going Rougedown to $10 (including free shipping) per the WSJ. Amazon responded by cutting the prices of its top ten selling titles to $9 (setting the Kindle version of the books at the same price.) (Cynopsis 10/19)
Online news sites that aspire to charge users are unlikely to be successful, according to a study in Australia by Nielsen. News consumers “are not brand loyal.” A single provider introducing a paid-for model will likely result in “the provider being taken out of the competitive mix.” (Smarthouse10/16)
Filed under: WIRELESS
The much anticipated and hyped Rock Band for iPhone and iPod Touch is out! Techcrunch first scooped
the news of the launch of the app a few weeks ago. (Techcrunch10/18)
Twitter creator Jack Dorsey is developing a hardware add-on that can turn an Apple iPhone into a credit-card reader. Dorsey is said to be working on a funding round for the small-business-oriented project. Earlier: Dorsey divulged in a tweet: “Taking money from Barry Diller …” (CNet 10/19)
Free unlimited music for more than a year seemed like a good proposition, but, nine months after its launch, Nokia’s Comes With Music bundle is not proving particularly popular with consumers. In July, the scheme had just 107,227 users across the nine countries in which it’s launched, according to figures Nokia (NYSE: NOK) sent out to labels and distributors. (Paidcontent10/16)
Filed under: GAMING
Showtimecontinues to turn to digital platforms to promote its premium programming, this time with a YouTube video quote game in support of the new season of Californication. Utilizing YouTube new video annotation feature, Fill in the Hank asks users to finish David Duchovny’s disillusioned sentences. A similar game launched for Dexter has racked up over 700k views.
This just goes to show how far simplicity can go in creating something fun and engaging. Start with a good concept and then build upon that.
Filed under: TECHNOLOGY
Since its price reduction last month, the PlayStation 3 has been selling well, but many of its users apparently have yet to experience the device’s ability to play Blu-ray movies. A study from NPD Group suggests that about a third of PS3 owners — 34% of them — have not played a Blu-ray movie on the system, while 58% of respondents said they bought a PS3 to play games on it. Video Business Online (free registration) (10/16) , Smarthouse (10/19)
