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February 2012
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27-29
SNPA, Inland Press Association, Local Media Association, and Texas Press Association.
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March 2012
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13-15
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Washington, D.C., DC
April 2012
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13
National Association of Broadcasters
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Las Vegas, NV

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Internet TV Faces Some Big Obstacles
The Kansas City Star, Feb 3, 2012, 12:05 PM EST
Technology increasingly blurs the lines between computer, television, phone and tablet. Online video options grow almost by the hour. A screen, in the era of cyber choice, is a screen is a screen. Still, to fill your screen with popular sports, comedies and dramas from the brands that dominate your television, generations-old economic models will have to be rearranged for the wild, wild Web. Link | Add comment
Seeing Super Bowl Ads Before The Coin Toss
The New York Times, Feb 3, 2012, 12:05 PM EST
Advertisers placed many Super Bowl spots on YouTube or social media well ahead of the game, hoping to start a conversation and generate follow-up interest. Link | Add comment
Viacom Content Deal Expected To Be With Amazon
The Hollywood Reporter, Feb 3, 2012, 8:51 AM EST
307 Sports Domains Siezed Ahead Of Super Bowl
Wired, Feb 3, 2012, 8:44 AM EST
HuffPo To Launch Streaming Net In Summer
The Washington Post, Feb 2, 2012, 4:24 PM EST
AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group announced Thursday that it will launch the Huffington Post Streaming Network — which will stream live news video from New York and Los Angeles studios — this summer. Link | Add comment
Viacom: Nick Isn't Losing Viewers To Netflix
PaidContent, Feb 2, 2012, 3:38 PM EST
Is Netflix Kids' Part Of Nick's Ratings Drop?
Advertising Age, Feb 2, 2012, 8:29 AM EST
WSJ Rolls Out New YouTube Channel
Fishbowl NY, Feb 1, 2012, 3:38 PM EST
The Wall Street Journal will roll out live episodes of on-demand news and business videos on its own YouTube channel starting Monday, Feb. 6. Link | Add comment
NY Times Launches Online Business Show
Feb 1, 2012, 3:29 PM EST
The newspaper's new video program "Business Day Live" will broadcast live from the Times newsroom and appear on NYTimes.com every weekday morning. Full Story | Add comment
Sen. Dems Don't Like Idea Of Netflix Facebook App
VentureBeat, Feb 1, 2012, 11:41 AM EST
YouTube Mulls Subscription Service
NewTeeVee, Feb 1, 2012, 11:42 AM EST
YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar said his company could potentially create a service that could enable content providers to create their own subscription-based video offerings on the YouTube platform. Link | Add comment
Commentary
Broadcasters Must Wise Up About Smart TV
TVNewsCheck, Feb 1, 2012, 11:19 AM EST
At last month's CES, three technologies showed significant progress: connected TV, smart TV and TV Everywhere. It's likely the three will converge. If so, they’ll arrive in one massive wave that could completely disrupt the way people watch TV — and threaten the way broadcasters do business. Broadcasters must figure out how to catch the wave. Link | Add comment
Kilar: Hulu 2011 Rev Was Above 'Board Plan'
TechCrunch, Feb 1, 2012, 8:31 AM EST
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, speaking at All Things Digital's Dive Into Media conference, said the video site's $420 million in revenue in 2011 was above the company board's plan to hit $408 million. Link | Add comment
Vevo CEO: We Made $150M Last Year
All Things Digital, Feb 1, 2012, 8:12 AM EST
Rio Caraeff, CEO of the country's second largest video property on the Web, told attendees at All Things Digital's Dive Into Media conference that Vevo generated more than $150 million last year. Link | Add comment
Commentary
YouTube: What TV Executives Still Don't Get
PaidContent, Feb 1, 2012, 8:12 AM EST
Will Richmond, president of market intelligence firm Broadband Directions: "There are many exciting things happening in the online video industry, but to my mind, none is more noteworthy than the radical transformation of YouTube. YouTube is shedding its scruffy adolescence and seeking to redefine what entertainment means in the online video era." Link | Add comment
Commentary
Super Bowl Simultaneously Killing, Saving TV
The Atlantic Wire, Jan 31, 2012, 3:54 PM EST
Rebecca Greenfield: "A quality NFL experience makes cable worthwhile for many fans. It's also why ESPN knows it can charge more. ... But, it's also that very mentality has not-so-crazy about sports subscribers ditching for the Web." Link | Add comment
News Corp.'s IGN Doubles Down On YouTube
Advertising Age, Jan 30, 2012, 8:15 AM EST
News Corp. video-game website IGN on Tuesday is launching a new YouTube channel called START. The well-funded channel hopes to draw TV ad dollars to Web video. Link | Add comment
Ex-Food Net Exec To Run YouTube Food Channel
The New York Times, Jan 30, 2012, 7:13 AM EST
Netflix Worried About TV Everywhere
The Next Web, Jan 27, 2012, 10:13 AM EST
ESPN Sees Mobile As 'First Screen'
MediaPost, Jan 27, 2012, 7:32 AM EST
Michael Bayle, VP/GM of ESPN Mobile, said the sports giant sees mobile as the starting point for its programming: "What’s taking preference now is to try to get as ubiquitous as possible. Program and design from the mobile standpoint first, then extrapolate what could be applied for the PC, television and print experience." Link | Add comment
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  • For Future Of News, Killer App Is Credibility

    Robert Hernandez, an assistant professor of professional practice in journalism at USC Annenberg: "With technology empowering everyone with the ability to create and to distribute, I predict — and wish — that in 2012 the new dominating factor will be Credibility. Actually, earned Credibility."

  • Layoffs, Cutbacks Lead To News Deserts

    Tom Stites: "Desertification is on the march, claiming more and more communities as newspapers continue to wither and few Web efforts manage to replace more than a fraction of the original reporting that newspapers have abandoned."

  • Moneyball: Fixing Newspaper Web Sales

    Mel Taylor: "Today's Newspaper industry is like that once great, but now struggling baseball team playing on a new, hyper-competitive field called the Internet. The veteran print team is stuck in a rut using the same, tired strategy that did serve them well for years, but no longer. Today, they get trounced by those with more money and muscle."

  • You Should Only Work This Hard If You Own The Business

    Howard Owens, digital media pioneer and author of HowardOwens.com, writes on Patch editors: "But here’s the thing about the work load for Patch editors: They’re not owners. They are expected to do all of the things they would have to do if they owned their own web sites, but merely in service of building wealth for AOL shareholders. Sure, work hard and keep your job is a nice benefit, and as a former corporate employee I think employees have an ethical obligation to help build shareholder value. That’s what they’re paid to do. ... However, if what we’re hearing is true about the Patch workload, I can only ask: Why are you doing it?"

  • The Metric For Missed Expectations

    Matthew Shanahan: "Here’s the problem: [Click-through rates don't] take into account audience engagement, not to mention the fact that other advertisers are competing for the click-through on the same page."

  • Debate Over Naming Commenters Rages On

    Eric Pfanner on real-name commenting policies: "The complications are enormous. Even self-contained Internet services like Facebook have had difficulty enforcing 'real name' systems. To achieve this on the borderless Internet would be impossible."

  • Communities Lose Out When Papers Close

    Author Ken Doctor on MediaNews Group's decision to consolidate its Bay Area newspapers: "It isn’t simply the sad loss of middle-class journalism jobs, as lamentable as that is, just as so many other good jobs that have disappeared in recent years. It’s a community loss, and points to the wider impact of news cuts on the society in which we live. That’s often forgotten as we focus too narrow on industry loss."

  • Why AOL Should Double Down On Patch

    Maxwell Wessel, member of Harvard Business School think tank Forum for Growth, on AOL's Patch: "Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. They should be calling for AOL to double down ... by increasing commitment."

  • News Orgs Should Use Innovation As A Tool

    Frédéric Filloux: "News organizations ... should view innovation as their main weapon against direct competitors and emerging players such as tech startups."

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