July 2011
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“Fully 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo,...”
– 71% of online adults now use video-sharing sites | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project (via mediafuturist)
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Vodo Is Netflix-Meets-Kickstarter for Indie Film... →
Jamie King, founder and COO of Vodo, explains that the company’s aim is to be a P2P Netflix, pairing up online audiences with the directors and writers searching for them. Says King: “If we can put the two together, we solve two core problems: giving audiences who are increasingly criminalized by their sharing activities a legitimate engagement with creators, and giving creators who...
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Horror meets social media in new concept film (via... →
Heard about this experimental “social” production? Trailer shows a young woman, waking up, locked in a padded room with only a laptop as her connection to the outside world. Users will be able talk to the lead’s character as the film is shot (which begins July 25), and can help her think of ways to escape. The tagline: “Her only way out will be to bring you in.”
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Columbia Pictures Teams Up With foursquare for "30... →
“In 30 Minutes or Less, our characters are in a race against time of sorts, racing from place to place in their town, so we took the real-world types of locations they visit and extended them into the digital space with foursquare. The movie experience is integrated in a way that feels natural and organic to how people use foursquare – as users check into real-world locations, they get...
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YouTube Pitches Multi-Million Dollar Web Series... →
Highlights:
1. “The revenue on (YouTube) partner pages has tripled in the last year. The number of YouTube Partners making over $1,000 per month up 300% since the beginning of 2010.”
2.”YouTube supposedly has earmarked $100 million for enticing recognizable celebrities to take their talents online.”
3. “We could be looking at and watching a very different...
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Watch#KILLINIT with the summer promos. How far away is September?! Too far.
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Ron Swanson v Food
I need to shake the hand of whoever has been doing summer promo work for Parks and Rec. Whoever he or she is, is absolutely crushing it.
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“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a...”
– Sir Ken Robinson on the principles of creative leadership, an excerpt from his must-read book, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, which builds on his previous work in the role of creativity in education. (via curiositycounts)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt to release crowd sources... →
Very cool. I just love Joe.
popculturebrain:
Someone should tell James Franco.
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“With Circles (how one groups people), you control privacy in a way that makes...”
– The Google Plus 50 (via mediafuturist)
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Digital marketing is mainstream... so is mobile...
Good article over at BizCommunity.com. I’m fascinated with mobile at the moment, and discovering exciting ways to integrate with my campaign. The Mobile Marketing Association states that the U.S. has a mobile population exceeding 300 million, and a mobile internet user base on the verge of surpassing 100 million. And it’s the second largest market behind…guess who? Japan....
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“Chrome took 20.7% of the global market last month, which is up from a mere 2.8%...”
– Google Chrome has 20% market share, Firefox in its sights - TNW Google (via thenextweb)
I’m convinced that Google execs strategize in a tower overlooking THE WORLD. #Takeover
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Can Justin Timberlake Bring Sexy Back to MySpace?... →
It appears that Specific Media, with the hands-on, strategic assistance of Mr. Timberlake (very apropos), prepares to launch a new version of MySpace, heavily focused on original programming and music. Smart move for the social network. After droves of users migrated to a more dynamic model (*ahem* FB), the entertainment niche is a natural move and Timberlake is the right person to creatively...
