Fish Burbling: How Crazy New Media Terms are Changing the Future of Everything

Paul Dailing, 10.25.2009

I was crowdsourcing the Long Tail while upping my Whuffie Factor through a Trust Agent when it hit me: Why the hell haven't I come up with a crazy-ass new media term?

Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman, 10.23.2009

Founder, VidLit

Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

When a Hot Air Balloon Flies on Empty

Robert J. Elisberg, 10.20.2009

Columnist and screenwriter

When we see the major news breaking in with non-stop reporting on a balloon spacecraft from a family on Wife Swap, the failures of the media become clear.

Barnes & Noble's Color Touch Screen eReader Hitting Market: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 20, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 10.20.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Depending who you ask, Barnes & Noble's new eReader is due out today, or Thursday, which would be interesting since it's Windows 7 day. B&N; le...

A Billion YouTube Views Can Feed A Billion

Ramya Raghavan, 10.16.2009

YouTube Nonprofits and Activism Manager

Last week, we announced that YouTube serves over one billion video views per day. That's also the number of people in the world who don't have enough food to eat: one in seven humans.

MySpace Wants its Cool Back

Piers Fawkes, 10.15.2009

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company

In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to connect with their friends over entertainment content.

NJ Candidate Chris Christie "Flashes" YouTube

James Kotecki, 10.12.2009

Online Media Critic

Most political YouTube channels are conventional and boring. Not in New Jersey.

Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Laureate: Whatever Happened to Awarding for Deeds Actually Done?

Michael Russnow, 10.09.2009

Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild west Board of Directors

It is enormously premature for Obama to be getting this great tribute, which to a certain extent cheapens the prior recipients and the work all of them performed over so many years.

Verizon Wireless Bringing Google Android-based Motorola Phones to Market: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 7, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 10.07.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Verizon is set to bring two Google Android based smartphones to the market. The deal was revealed when Google CEO Eric Schm...

Who Duped Rolling Stone Gonzo Reporter Matt Taibbi?

Diane Tucker, 10.11.2009

Writer/producer/director living in Washington DC

Taibbi, Rolling Stone magazine's teen heartthrob, became a sensation last month after calling Goldman Sachs "a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity."

Virginia Candidates on YouTube: Is This for Real?

James Kotecki, 10.05.2009

Online Media Critic

As one of only two gubernatorial elections in 2009, the Virginia contest between Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell is attracting national attention. With so much on the line, you'd expect them to take all of their campaign messages seriously, including the videos they make for YouTube.

Anne Frank Film Clip from 1941 Is Huge on YouTube

Andy Plesser, 10.04.2009

Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV

A video showing the 11-year-old Anne Frank for a just 10 seconds, the first moving image of the young diarist, who died in a German concentration camp in 1944, has become a widely viewed.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Bans Conan O'Brien From New Jersey

Joe Territo, 10.01.2009

Content Director, NJ.com

Newark Mayor Cory Booker knows how to take a joke. When Conan O'Brien poked fun at Newark last week, Booker responded with a YouTube video in which he...

The Month in Viral

Jessica Amason, 09.30.2009

Viral Media Editor for BuzzFeed.com

As BuzzFeed's resident "viral scientist," I investigate how the most contagious items on the Web enter our hearts, minds and inboxes.

Lots of Content Is Good for Democracy

Charles Warner, 09.30.2009

Charles Warner is an active blogger at Media Curmudgeon.com and teaches at The New School.

The Internet's explosive growth has led to such a proliferation of content that it is now virtually infinite. To say that "content is king" in today's world is like saying "a grain of sand is precious."

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Spars with Conan O'Brien

Joe Territo, 09.30.2009

Content Director, NJ.com

Newark Mayor Cory Booker -- a digital politician who continuously uses Twitter and YouTube to reach out to the public -- is sparring with Conan O'Brie...

Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for the SBA to Post Videos on YouTube!

Susan Wilson Solovic, 09.29.2009

CEO and co-founder SBTV.com

Small business owners who are hanging on for dear life won't find any answers on the SBA's YouTube channel.

It's Not Facebook, It's the People Who Use Facebook

Jose Antonio Vargas, 09.30.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

All the Internet does is reflect -- and amplify -- human behavior.

Passing Oceania

Matt Osborne, 10.03.2009

Blogs at osborneink.com.

For all our worries about Big Brother intruding on our lives, Big Brother has no way to stop individuals from intruding on him.

The Female Belly: Hated Into Stillness

Dr. Susan Corso, 10.03.2009

Omnifaith spiritual expert

Part of what sets these dancers in high relief is their unbelievable control and flexibility, but the other, major portion of their grace is how much they so obviously love their womanly bodies and, by extension, their female selves.

New Rule: If America Can't Get it Together, We Lose the Bald Eagle

Bill Maher, 09.25.2009

Host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.