The real-life, blonde precursor to Nickelodeon's iCarly, Justine Ezarik, finds her way onto scads of screens with a breezy style and a deep understanding of influence.READ»
If you have ever gone looking for a short instructional video on how to, say, survive a bear attack, you've probably seen Howcast, a popular site that provides short how-to videos and text. What you may not know is that Howcast is the ...READ»
The partner at AdamsMorioka will lead us on a trip through his voluminous archives of visual inspiration this week. And he promises, for the most part, to behave.READ»
At Apple's event today, Steve Jobs revealed the iPad, a tablet device that resembled an embiggened iPod Touch. What did it mean for gamers? Games from the current iPhone OS will run on it, either in a small window at the original ...READ»
Ding dong, the splat is dead. Starting this fall, all things Nickelodeon--that's Nick at Nite, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. (formerly Noggin), and TeenNick (formerly the N)--will switch to lower-case, balloon-type logos, marking the cabler's ...READ»
Google is set to lose $470 million on YouTube in 2009, according to estimates by Credit Suisse. Even for Google, whose market cap hovers around $115 billion at its current share price, that's a hell of a write-off for one ...READ»
The network famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Lesson learned. Now its president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects. Its 2006 acquisition of Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the video game Rock Band, could soon develop into a billion-dollar business. And more digital developments seem to surface almost daily, including the launch earlier in the week of MTVmusic.com, MTV's first serious attempt at a full-fledged music-video site; and today's announcement of a deal that will bring the Beatles' music to the Rock Band format.READ»
On this day in 1841, United States President William Henry Harrison ended the shortest term of any American chief executive (32 days after his swearing-in) by dying of pneumonia. Talk about not getting a shot at making ...READ»
Hulu, NBC and FOX's joint Web video site, opened to the public today after being in private beta since late October. I'm not going to do a full review (there have been plenty; check here and here for starters) but from looking over ...READ»
Now that imeem has secured rights to music from all the major labels, as I reported earlier on this blog, the social media network is looking to expand its offerings in the video department. Its announcement today indicates that it ...READ»
Britney Spears' 16 year old sister, a Nickelodeon actress named Jamie-Lynn, is pregnant. Here's why you should care: the sisters, and their mother (who was slated for a book deal) are a textbook case of How To Ruin Your Personal ...READ»
The banner ad is dead. Long live the advergame! America's addiction to video and computer games is leading the way to a new advertising medium with astounding click-through rates, play times, and peer-to-peer potential. What's your high score?READ»
Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe, has bet more than $1 Billion that he can define the future of digital advertising. Getting there has been enough to make anyone a little schizophrenic. READ»
