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Networks Weigh Web Video Strategies

Does anyone know where the broadcast networks stand when it comes to making original series for the Web? You’ll get a different story if you talk to CBS, ABC or NBC. CBS pulled the plug on the original Web series...

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January 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Not Lip-Synching, but Not Quite Live

The bone-chilling temperatures that tested hundreds of thousands of inaugural revelers apparently also took its toll on the music they heard that day. Carole Florman, a spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, said Thursday that cellist Yo-Yo...

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January 23, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (38)

Heroes of the Inauguration? Hand Warmers.

ABC News' Matt Hosford Reports: On Tuesday the National Mall was full of them. Whether clutched snugly in palms, stuffed into pockets or crammed into boots, hand warmers were as much a part of the inauguration of Barack Obama as...

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January 22, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (4)

The Old Media Scramble

The New Media Minute is back in 2009, and I’m asking whether online video viewing helps or hurts old-fashioned TV. Recent research from Starz and One Touch Intelligence suggests the Web is less of a threat than previously thought. But...

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January 22, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)