It’s all about the pitch (4)
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I’m in Seattle for Gnomedex this week and I’ve had the opportunity of meeting a range of new and interesting people (along with catching up with some familiar faces.) Among the various conversations I’ve had, one interesting debate came up: the idea that a great startup will rise to the top based on merit alone. Perhaps as I’ve gotten older I’ve become too cynical and have lost some of the idealism from my youth, but ...
Andrew Baron and Jason Calacanis have beef [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To] (3)
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In this corner, Andrew Baron, cofounder of hot videoblog mess Rocketboom, challenging Mahalo founder and incumbent blowhard champeen Jason Calacanis. Baron lands the first blow, citing Mahalo's "flat" traffic. Calacanis counters with some trash talk and then a body blow to Baron's privileged upbringing. Baron complains to the ref that the "trust-fund baby" charges were below the belt. Meanwhile, Calacanis argues with the judges that Baron shouldn't get the point on the Mahalo traffic jab. ...
Rocketboom-Rielle Hunter links exposed [Fred Baron] (2)
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What do Rocketboom's Andrew Baron and John Edwards's fling Rielle Hunter have in common? They're both videobloggers who live off of trial lawyer Fred Baron's largesse. Financing from Fred, Andrew's dad, got Andrew's Rocketboom videoblog off the ground. Add to that his contributions to the Edwards campaign, including paying to move Hunter to a new home in Santa Barbara, away from the limelight. And most damningly, Baron Sr. may have arranged for Baron Jr. to ...
How Not to Have An Affair If You’re a Politician (5)
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The job title of Rielle Hunter, the woman with whom John Edwards finally admitted to having an affair, keeps changing, from videographer to actress to former yoga instructor to documentary filmmaker. What do you call someone who was paid at least $100,000 to create a web series about the candidate, “untucked”? Besides, of course, “John Edwards’ mistress.” In December 2006, John Edwards kicked off his presidential campaign by inviting a large group of videobloggers with ...
Rocketboom en Sony (1)
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Rocketboom, uno de los primeros y más famosos videoblogs, acaba de cerrar un acuerdo de publicidad y distribución con Sony Pictures y los datos que da Andrew Baron en su blog son una radiografía de los problemas que enfrentan los nuevos medios y como se puede crear algo nuevo junto a una empresa de medios tradicionales. Medios nuevos y tradicionales Lo principal es que pese a haber logrado tracción y una historia de 4 años ...
Truths, Rumors and Lies: BitTorrent and Rocketboom (3)
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BitTorrent will lay off its sales and marketing department, a total of 12 employees, Valleywag reported this morning, based on a tip from an alleged company insider. The company has also supposedly failed to complete a deal to sell its neglected consumer-facing site to Best Buy for $15 million, and is considering making its network accelerator service free. We’ve been searching around for more information, and will update when we have anything. The normally very ...
Rocketboom ficha por Sony (3)
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Acuerdo "de siete cifras" entre Rocketboom y Sony, por el que la segunda paga a cambio de la exclusiva en la distribución y la gestión de los espacios publicitarios del famoso videoblog. A partir de ahora, Rocketboom estará en los distintos canales gestionados por Sony, desde el Sony Bravia Internet Video Link hasta las consolas Ps3 y PSP, sin olvidar la web, en la que empezará a servirse también a través de Crakle (antiguo Grouper, ...
Sony Pays Rocketboom 7 Figures in Distribution Deal (2)
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Rocketboom, the pioneering video show — it provided an early model for the daily release schedule, the woman-reading-quirky-news format, and set many other precedents — has been going strong, content-wise, for the last three and a half years. But in terms of signing distribution and monetization deals — something it had also pioneered early on with an eBay auction for sponsorship — the show had basically dropped off the radar. Today, though, Rocketboom creator Andrew ...
Rocketboom Inks Seven-Figure Distribution Deal With Sony (10)
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Rocketboom, the daily video blog, is turning over its distribution and ad sales to Sony Pictures Television in return for a seven-figure guarantee plus a share of revenues. Rocketboom will be distributed on Sony’s Crackle video site, as well as across other Sony platforms such as the PS3, PSP, and Bravia I-Link TVs. Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron says he went with Sony because of Sony’s distribution strengths and the deal allows him to maintain control ...
Rocketboom Inks Seven-Figure Distribution Deal With Sony (18)
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Rocketboom, the daily video blog, is turning over its distribution and ad sales to Sony Pictures Television in return for a seven-figure guarantee plus a share of revenues. Rocketboom will be distributed on Sony’s Crackle video site, as well as across other Sony platforms such as the PS3, PSP, and Bravia I-Link TVs. Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron says he went with Sony because of Sony’s distribution strengths and the deal allows him to maintain control ...
Video Disclosure (9)
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Over the past 24 hours, a story has blown up regarding video blogging and the lack of disclosure. We first wrote about the issues of video blogger disclosure with regards to Morgan Webb and her show Webb Alert. When she launched the show, it was produced (and still is I believe) by ad network Federated Media. It sure seems to me like video bloggers have a different code when it comes to disclosure. Whether it's ...
Reports Of PodTech’s Demise Are Not Entirely Bull####! (1)
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Last fall, Podtech’s then VP Robert Scoble said “Reports of PodTech’s demise are bull####!” Now, VentureBeat reports that podcasting startup PodTech has been purchased by ViewPartner, a communications technology company. PodTech sold for under half a million dollars, a fraction of the $7.5 million invested in the company. PodTech struggled from the beginning to find a direction, and failed despite: multiple rounds of generous funding; unrelenting growth of interest in podcasts; A-list talent from the ...
Rickroll delivered via singing telegram [Pranks] (1)
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Game, set and match goes to Rocketboom producer Kenyatta Cheese: He paid to send a singing-telegram messenger to deliver Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," live, to NextNewNetworks cofounder Timothy Shea. Rickrolling, a common online prank, normally involves tricking someone into following a link to the Astley video. Cheese's reward? A "/golfclap" -- a petty form of nonpraise used online -- also delivered live, from Shea. And what have these far-seeing pioneers of a ...
