December 2011
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November 2011
5 posts
“The center’s own records — kept in a restricted section of its Web site, but...”
– That’s one of the more badass lines I’ve read in a news article in a while. Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas - NYTimes.com
October 2011
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“There may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of...”
– President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: “He changed the way each of us sees the world.”
September 2011
7 posts
“http://youtu.be/SMpbE8TZbW8”
– The Key of Awesome: Group Discusses YouTube Success with Parodies of Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Eminem - YouTube
A preview of tonight’s 20/20: “Generation YouTube.”
A Message From Josh Marshall
tpmmedia:
A Message to TPM Readers,
This morning TPM published an article on the ‘hacktivist’ group ‘Anonymous’ which included mugshots of 14 accused members of the group which TPM obtained through a federal FOIA request. For six years the TPMMuckraker section of our site has chronicled public corruption, public wrongdoing and various sorts of criminal investigations. As part of that...
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“The only reason you wouldn’t like this website is you haven’t been...”
– Justin Johnson
Threadbanger Is Back! →
Mission accomplished.
August 2011
14 posts
loved Savoir Adore - MERP Season One Finale on... →
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“Most people are lucky if they can change the world in one important way…”
– Essay: Jobs’s Departure Is the End of an Extraordinary Era - Walt Mossberg - AllThingsD
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Online Video and Awards
Really great points to consider and a valuable point of view from Hank. I’ve been involved in many of the awards shows to date (including the IAWTV Awards, being planned now), and despite earnest intentions, none of them have been able to represent our young, huge new medium yet. How could they?
I want an annual event honoring video creators that’s loose, crazy, fun, and inclusive....
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Watch30 years ago today, my good friend and mentor Fred Seibert launched MTV, a brand that’s literally meant reinvention for thirty years.
David Levin, a good friend of ours, posted the video above today, a show he produced about the history of MTV with interviews from Fred, Tom Freston, Jon Stewart and lots of others involved in those early days. A great thing to watch today.
Congrats, Fred,...
July 2011
6 posts
June 2011
28 posts
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My Tumblr Dashboard right now is just that picture...
It’s great.
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Founder/market fit (chris dixon) →
Another smart post from Chris, as recently referenced by Caterina. And the reason Fred, Herb, Emil, Jed and I started Next New Networks and not a platform-focused company like YouTube or Blip. An excerpt:
Founders need to be brutally honest with themselves. Good entrepreneurs are willing to make long lists of things at which they are have no ability. I have never built a sales team. I don’t...
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