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Andy Plesser: Video: Mayor Mike Clongs Media Biz for Producing Weak Content

2010/05/25
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: Mayor Mike Clongs Media Biz for Producing Weak Content

The problems with the media business is not the result of technology, it's about quality of content, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press...
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Andy Plesser: Rachel Maddow’s Rand Paul Interview on MSNBC.com Gets Half a Million Online Views

2010/05/21
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Rachel Maddow’s Rand Paul Interview on MSNBC.com Gets Half a Million Online Views

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rachel Maddow's Wednesday night news-making interview with Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S....
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Andy Plesser: Video: Justin.tv Beats YouTube in Time Per Viewer by 2-1 Margin, Nielsen

2010/05/18
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Video: Justin.tv Beats YouTube in Time Per Viewer by 2-1 Margin, Nielsen

According to a report just out from Nielsen on video views for April, visitors to Justin.tv, the live web video site, had an average of nearly 170 minutes watched per month per user, versus just 95 minutes for YouTube watchers.
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Andy Plesser: How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post (Video)

2010/05/10
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post  (Video)

Over 25 years ago, a incensed Georgetown undergraduate "railed" on the phone about the sloppy coverage of her college to Assistant Managing Editor Larry...
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Andy Plesser: Eighty Percent of Net Users Watch Video as Gobal Consumption Explodes, comScore (video)

2010/05/04
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Eighty Percent of Net Users Watch Video as Gobal Consumption Explodes, comScore (video)

Online video consumption has become pervasive around the globe as nearly 80 percent of all Internet users watch some video, according Tania Yuki, who heads...
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Andy Plesser: Giant Video Ad Network Tremor Media Raises $40 Million in Additional Venture Funding (video)

2010/04/28
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Giant Video Ad Network Tremor Media Raises $40 Million in Additional Venture Funding (video)

Tremor Media, the fast-growing New York-based video advertising network, has raised $40 million in new venture funding, the company announced today.Powerhouse VC firm Draper Fisher...
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Andy Plesser: Writers Guild Explores Rules for Uncharted Online Video World (video)

2010/04/23
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Writers Guild Explores Rules for Uncharted Online Video World (video)

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Writers Guild of America, the big trade union representing film and television writers, is developing rules around writing original online video...
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Andy Plesser: Howcast Sells GE “Takeover” Ad of its YouTube Page in Big, Branded Vid Program (video)

2010/04/22
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Howcast Sells GE “Takeover” Ad of its YouTube Page in Big, Branded Vid Program (video)

LAS VEGAS -- Founded by three ex-Googlers, Howcast is the New York-based video production and distributor of "how to" videos on a wide range of...
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Andy Plesser: Zagat was “Crowd Sourcing” Citizen Journalism Way Before it Was Cool (video)

2010/04/21
By Andy Plesser
Andy Plesser: Zagat was “Crowd Sourcing” Citizen Journalism Way Before it Was Cool (video)

Over 30 years ago, Nina and Tim Zagat, two Yale Law School-trained Wall Street lawyers, figured that while critics have important things to say about ...
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