by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
As I scour the fruited plain of the web, I am spending much of Election Day reviewing media websites (with an emphasis on newspapers) looking for common threads in how they are covering this possibly historic day. Toss print out the window; this is a web election. It’s doubtful the majority of U.S. newspapers will [...]
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Category: blogging citizen media Newspapers social media Web 2.0 Tags: citizen media, Leonard Brody, Now Public
by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
I saw a mention of Perspctv on a popular blog, and after a thorough look, I am ready to give it cool vendor award on the spot. Don’t know much about the site or company, but you can compare any two topics/names and you get a dashboard that you can easily socialize. The site mines [...]
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by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Nice job from Sen. John McCain’s backyard, streaming live from around the area (using Mogulus). It looks to be produced in conjunction with local NBC affiliate , KPNX-TV. Both media properties are owned by Gannett.
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Category: Newspapers Television Video Tags: Arizona Republic, Gannett, KPNX, Mogulus
by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Live News Cameras (a panorama of live coverage from around the globe)CNNMSNBCC-Span (after 7 p.m. EST) Please add others you discover…Remember, outside the U.S., some online nets will be geo-blocked.
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Category: broadcasting Television Video Web 2.0 Tags: C-Span, CNN, election, Live News Cameras, MSNBC
by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
Livestation, one of the better legit online TV services, is offering what it calls a “global interactive party” in conjunction with Election Day. By downloading a new version of the Livestation player (Windows, Mac, Linux), you are empowered to participate in live chats with other viewers as well as producers from a variety of TV [...]
Category: broadcasting Television Video Web 2.0 Tags: CNN, Livestation, news
by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Yahoo announced it’s shutting down Y! Live, one of the search/portal’s most innovative services. Live is/was Yahoo’s live streamcasting project that allowed anyone with a webcam to launch an online TV channel. Have to wonder the thinking around this move.
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Category: broadcasting Television Video Web 2.0 Tags: streaming, Yahoo
by Allen Weiner | November 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
After reading a story on the impressive plans being made by a number of UK newspapers to cover the U.S. Presidential Election, ranging from copious amounts of video to sending as many as 20 additional reporters across the Atlantic, I felt it was worth an informal look at what a handful of domestic newspapers are [...]
Category: blogging broadcasting Newspapers Publishing Television Web 2.0 Tags: Allentown Morning Call, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, elections, New York Times, Newspapers, Now Public, politics, USA Today, Washington Post
