September 2009
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How much is too much?
Based on the previous post, what do you all think? For the online video you watch, how much advertising is too much, and what kinds would you rather see than others?
Feedback on advertising. →
Nostrich has some feedback on our Hungry Nation launch, mostly around the ratio of ads to content. Our team’s all over Tumblr, so they saw it right away—we’re nothing if not sensitive to feedback. I’m not sure why he got so many ads — I know the team’s recently implemented some new remnant ad partners and added some experimental things like occasional pre-rolls...
Drunk Boris Yeltsin found outside White House in... →
No, that was not an Onion headline. (Although the Daily Mail’s not so far off)
via rickwebb: “God bless Boris Yeltsin.”
WatchChannel Frederator “Change is Coming” Promo
Another great one by Alan Kaufman.
WatchKeri Hilson - Knock You Down (DailyMotion)
If we’re all done hating on Kanye, can we just talk about how good Knock You Down is? Keri Hilson and Kanye West did an even better live version on Letterman this summer — I sometimes think Kanye’s at his best paired with a great singer, like his amazing turn on American Boy with Estelle.
The Internet gets its own Food Network (Variety) →
Variety, via the next news feed: “Next New Networks is launching [Hungry Nation] today, with a focus on food for the common man – and frugality. The company… averages 30 million views per month and approximately 15 million unique users per month… The numbers are comparable to a smaller cable network.”
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“Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell”
– Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Funny or Die.
“Wool scarves are the new sunglasses.”
– From Ten Things We Learned at Chelsea’s Refreshed Galleries (NY Mag/Vulture): ”Posers who used to wear the latter indoors have switched to unnecessarily donning the former.”
“To battle the swine flu, here’s what they’re saying. It’s not just the C.D.C....”
– David Letterman on the Late Show, Sept 11
“As an artist you’re fighting against everything that’s new and everyone’s...”
– Jay-Z, from “Jay-Z’s New Album - Nothing Old About It” (NY Times)
Jay Z - Empire State of Mind (feat Alicia Keys),...
“These parties are very culturally significant in Williamsburg,” said David...”
– I love David. And I am saying this completely without irony.
via Meet Nick Gray, Thrower of ‘Culturally Significant’ Williamsburg Parties — Daily Intel
“I understand how difficult this health care debate has been. I know that many in...”
– President Obama, in his address to Congress tonight.
Q&A: Steve Jobs Snipes at Amazon, Praises Ice... →
Good little interview with Steve Jobs on the day of his return. Apparently it’s easier to put a decent video camera in a piece of hardware than a camera that takes good stills. I’d never thought of that, though it totally makes sense.
“It’s just that almost everyone who does believe in global warming is a...”
– Statements like this one by Glenn Beck make you insane? Our friends at Barely Political are giving you a chance to beat up Glenn Beck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNU7Co4hWs4
(Thanks Andres for the quote.)
Our Next Series: Small Business Rules, with...
[Originally posted on the Next New Networks blog.]
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New York Architecture: gone but not forgotten →
Fascinating gallery of iconic New York City buildings that are now gone. Especially loved these shots of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel (which stood where the GM Building and Apple Store are now, and which you might know from Mad Men — more on that later) taken from a very less tree-filled Central Park.
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Take a Peek Inside Neil Gaiman's Library →
Shelfari visited Neil Gaiman and took photos of the whole place — it’s fantastic. They’re also creating a digital bookshelf of every book he owns. Fun stuff — this made me log in to Shelfari for the first time in a year.
