A good one from CNN.
I am surprised though that the mash up between local commerce – mobile and social isn’t mentioned.
I also would have expected streaming video on devices as a “next big thing”.Click here to read this one.
Tag Archives: CNN
The Situation!
Thanks Wolf.
This is so nice of you.
We appreciate it very much.
Check out the Situation Room with Wolf on CNN. He is a huge fan of the NBA and of our team.
What Do You Think About This Film Clip?
In a way I understand the action.
A major news issue is being discussed and it gets trivialized about personal issues and questions.
On the other hand, if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen, I guess.
So what do you think?
I also think of WikiLeaks.com as a next generation competitor to CNN. That complicates the issue at hand. Imagine if Assange turned the tables and was asking personal personnel issues about CNN’s recent management shake-up during the interview?
This is a tough one. Curious as to your thoughts.
Never Seen Anything Like This
Portals are Still About Bread and Butter
Portals are really all about email; messaging; stock quotes; and – of course - search. Yahoo mail; AOL mail; Hotmail are the big drivers of clicks. It amazes me that the portals don’t double down on communications and make mail, messaging and the address book better; cleaner; faster; and spam free! What could possibly be more important?
News, music and movies sneak in a bit as content sites and some other functionality for video and audio playing. But specialists are winning here: Hulu, YouTube, ESPN, CNN, Google News, etc. etc. It is hard for a portal to win in specialist areas.
CNN on the role of a film critic
Here is a great story and note that CNN lists out indieWIRE as a top site for all things about indie films. Thank you so much.
CNN Last Night
I watched the debate of vice presidential candidates on CNN last night. They had this new feature where the pundits – in real time – were able to score how the debate was going according to “moi.” Their scores went up aside the screen and were “in your face.”
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!
How terrible to have some “has been/never was” pundits trying to dictate to America what we were hearing and seeing and push us to see the world through their eyes and their point of views. Check their bios and guess which way they would have voted. And yep, that is how they voted.
And worse, then to get the post debate analysis and each was much softer in their analysis than their scores in real time were to viewers. The real time scores were their personal lie detector tests if you ask me. 
CNN should dump this feature. Let viewers decide in an unfiltered way what they are seeing THEN let a debate occur with their pundit. This new feature crossed the line in media manipulation. If I was CNN - ”the most trusted name in news” - I would drop it.
TV News 2.0
This is not a big deal. It will be good for the networks and good for CNN and consumers won’t mind or, frankly, even notice. It is no different than CNN making a news widget and having it carried on ESPN or Yahoo or AOL aggregating up another network’s content and carrying it within their news channels. It is frankly shocking that it has taken this long to come about. Don’t be afraid CBS - go for it!