What We Can Learn From P*Star
When I say “rapper”, what do you think of? Probably not a preteen girl spittin’ rhymes about how she isn’t ready for a boyfriend yet. This documentary might change that.
P*Star Rising is a documentary by Gabriel Noble that follows the growth (literally) of a 9-year-old female rapper from Harlem named Priscilla Diaz, stage [...]
Are You Guilty of Media Malpractice?
Last week I attended Making Media Now at Bentley University, where, among other really interesting panels, I saw Andy Carvin talk about crowdsourcing. I was also really glad to hear Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films talk about making media that matters with Lisa Mullins of The World. Greenwald also screened a clip [...]
Battlestar Galactica’s Face of the Enemy: Evidently Quite Kissable
I’ve been waiting, quite nervously, for the return of Battlestar Galactica in January. It’s been so gosh darn long since the end of the first half of season 4 – what if I don’t remember what happened? Lucky for me I can still Catch the Frak Up.
We’ve also got webisodes to help us get through [...]
Post-Election Roundup
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Tuesday night, as I skyped into Teague’s election night party taking place a few hundred miles from my own living room. . . two things hit me: (1) I’m a dork for using skype to attend someone’s party and (2) That won’t be true in 2012.
Right now, across the country, [...]
Howard Stringer on Charlie Rose
Image from WikipediaHow does Howard Stringer, Sony CEO & Chairman, deal with traveling two thirds of the time? Sleep whenever you can and keep a good sense of humor. Check out the complete interview with Charlie Rose for more insights on topics including Blu-Ray, PS3 and Sony Pictures.
ABC’s Earth 2100: You, too, can be Al Gore!
Our special agent in New Jersey gave us a tip on a new web and television fusion project from a major network:
Earth 2100 is a “television and internet event” set to debut this fall on ABC [Editor's Note: The site now simply says "Coming in 2009"]. Here’s how they describe it:
The world’s brightest minds [...]
Hulu Business Model Meets Skepticism
Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, speculates that Hulu is selling ads at $25 CPM (cost per mille), and that their monthly traffic of 5 million viewers would translate to $125,000 after revenue sharing. He doesn’t cover what numbers he thinks Hulu has on the expenses side of the balance sheet, but does say [...]
