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Andy Plesser: 5MIN’s CEO: Content Creators "Have No ROI" in Producing Videos Just for Their Own Destination

July 30, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: 5MIN’s CEO: Content Creators "Have No ROI" in Producing Videos Just for Their Own Destination

Ran Harnevo, CEO of the big online video syndicator 5MIN, says that without a syndication strategy, there is no direct ROI around video for...
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Andy Plesser: WPP’s Kantar Unit to Provide Deep Analytics and Syndication for Web Video

July 28, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: WPP’s Kantar Unit to Provide Deep Analytics and Syndication for Web Video

Kantar Video will launch a comprehensive video analytics and syndication service in September. It will be interesting to see how the industry evolves with the entrance of this new player.
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Andy Plesser: Video: WikiLeaks Episode Marks Big Development for The Guardian’s "Data Journalism" Initiative

July 26, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: WikiLeaks Episode Marks Big Development for The Guardian’s "Data Journalism" Initiative

LONDON -- The Guardian newspaper has been in the forefront of managing, interpreting and publishing government data as a new form of content --...
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Andy Plesser: Video: NBC’s Research Czar: Online and Mobile Video Analytics are in the "Prehistoric Ages"

July 23, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: NBC’s Research Czar: Online and Mobile Video Analytics are in the "Prehistoric Ages"

Analytics around online and mobile video is in the "prehistoric ages," with no single source to provide adequate information, says Alan Wurtzel who is...
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Andy Plesser: Emmy News Nominations for LA Times, New York Times, Boston Globe, San Jose Merc and Time.com

July 16, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Emmy News Nominations for LA Times, New York Times, Boston Globe, San Jose Merc and Time.com

Nominations for Emmy Awards for news and documentaries were announced today.  PBS leads with the most nominations followed by CBS and the other television...
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Andy Plesser: Exclusive: Online Video News Consumption Doubles in 12 Months, comScore…The AP Nearing Half a Billion Views on YouTube

June 28, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Exclusive: Online Video News Consumption Doubles in 12 Months, comScore…The AP Nearing Half a Billion Views on YouTube

The consumption of online video news and information clips has doubled over the past 12 months, to 565 million video views in May, up...
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Andy Plesser: Live From 30 Rock, It’s Beet.TV (6/22 @4-6 p.m. EDT)

June 21, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Live From 30 Rock, It’s Beet.TV (6/22 @4-6 p.m. EDT)

Beet_tv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free It's the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, a high-level exploration of online video and the strategies around monetizing, syndication and...
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Andy Plesser: Video: "Women are Taking Over the World of Media," Digitas Chief Creative Officer

June 16, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: "Women are Taking Over the World of Media," Digitas Chief Creative Officer

We caught up with Mark Beeching, Chief Creative Director of Digitas, at the company's Digital Content NewFront 2010 conference in Manhattan last week.  ...
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Andy Plesser: Video:Yahoo’s Old Fashion Take on Value of Journalism: Scoops Drive a Media Business

June 9, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video:Yahoo’s Old Fashion Take on Value of Journalism: Scoops Drive a Media Business

LOS ANGELES --Hiring a small group of enterprising sports reporters four years, who grabbed headlines with scoops, was a clear indication of the value...
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Andy Plesser: Video: Huffington Post Readies LinkedIn Integration and Travel Vertical

June 4, 2010
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: Huffington Post Readies LinkedIn Integration and Travel Vertical

The Huffington Post, one of the first publishers to integrate Facebook Connect and the first to publish a Twitter edition, will soon integrate with LinkedIn, says the HuffPost's CEO Eric Hippeau in this video interview.
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