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Re: Skype courts Comic-Con with lounge built by TV’s ‘West Coast Customs’

lostremote — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:55:34 -0000

Thank you, we fixed the story to credit reMADE with the design and West Coast Customs with building it, per Skype.

Re: Surprising reasons why TV should pay attention to Reddit

lostremote — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:12:50 -0000

Thanks Saf! Reddit is certainly not Digg (who?), which encouraged publishers to post their own stuff.

Re: Introducing our growing directory of social TV companies

lostremote — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:58:01 -0000

Thanks Frank, we'll be adding it!

Re: Introducing our growing directory of social TV companies

lostremote — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:45:48 -0000

Update: we're receiving several emails with additions, and we're adding them as we go. Thanks everyone!

Re: Does Twitter have different standards than TV news?

lostremote — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:11:43 -0000

(Cory here) Thanks Kirk. Not beating up on KPRC. Using this experience as a bit of a learning experience. The interview was worth reliving, since it illlustrates a common theme in many TV newsrooms -- social media is somehow different, living outside the confines of editorial process. This isn't a story about who takes the blame for the story -- to me, it's the PIO -- but how we can all learn from the social media implications of breaking news across multiple channels. A great learning experience, and KPRC will be even better for it.

Re: MTV’s second-screen experience rocked Movie Awards

lostremote — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:23:42 -0000

Remember, it's a co-viewing experience, that's meant to be used while someone is watching TV. This is an entirely different medium and approach than layering interactivity over a primary viewing experience, like a DVD. And it's tied to the real-time social web.

Re: WESH TV’s tweets from the bench at Casey Anthony trial

lostremote — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:57:10 -0000

Fixed, thank you...

Re: Meet the first network TV journalist on Twitter

lostremote — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:31:09 -0000

Ha! The comments here just validate the amazing relationships you've formed over social media. Great job!

Re: Colbert, Fallon sing Rebecca Black tune ‘Friday’

lostremote — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:04:30 -0000

My QR app actually worked for me on that YouTube clip. Rather surprising. Linked to a bonus clip on Fallon/NBC's site.

Re: TV station says Facebook helped with ratings win

lostremote — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:42:58 -0000

Just added a line to the story that the Facebook landing page (that totals up all the "likes") is powered by a company called Aptivada.com.

Re: TV station says Facebook helped with ratings win

lostremote — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:36:06 -0000

Hi Jay, that's a new one on me -- dozens of media organizations, local and national, run contests like these. We'll do a little digging on the TOS...

Re: How incorrect reports of Giffords’ death spread on Twitter

lostremote — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:08:23 -0000

We updated the story a bit after looking at other attempts at timelines -- it's unclear who was first, so we're not going to make any guesses.

This story is a good one, too:
http://www.regrettheerror.c...

Re: Local TV’s challenge to create shareable video

lostremote — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:47:45 -0000

To date, local TV doesn't generate meaningful revenue with "off-TV" video because there's not enough volume. The CPMs are there, the impressions are not.

That's both a content problem and a distribution problem.

The post above gets to the content problem. And I failed to mention (which I should edit in), that it would be ideal if local stations can create original video that has value for a national niche audience. For example, in Seattle we're known for the environment, the outdoors, philanthropy and interestingly, video gaming. Other markets have other specialties.

Then aggressively pursue video distribution, focusing local but not limiting it there. There are two types: 1) ad inventory you control and 2) inventory you don't. The first bucket is the premium stuff where you can come to an advertiser and offer a cross-platform package across TV, web, iPad, and TV apps, for example. This requires creating those apps, either in house, or through a third-party, where you control the ad inventory. The second bucket is just for incremental "longer tail" revenue that comes from partnering with mostly national distributors that run their own ads against it.

Wrap all this together, and it will reach a volume that becomes profitable, assuming the content is produced with a much lower-cost production model.

Cory

Re: Local TV’s challenge to create shareable video

lostremote — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:35:10 -0000

I think a modern version of Almost Live would be awesome, with vintage clips thrown in. Interesting how TV stations in years past produced a fair amount of non-newscast original programming, but the low-cost nature of expanding newscasts replaced it.

Cory

Re: Local TV’s challenge to create shareable video

lostremote — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:15:57 -0000

I assumed he was joking, but just in case, I put a ? mark next to it.

Cory

Re: Local TV making comeback, not so much with newspapers

lostremote — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:22:18 -0000

We'll see. All it takes is a couple stations to take some risks and show some real, tangible success before others jump in.

And I think things will be a little different as TV begins to fuse more seamlessly with other platforms. For example, on-screen TV apps. Social media has been a good indicator -- reporters who would never publish a web-version of their TV scripts are now tweeting like crazy. So as web merges into TV, stations may be more inclined to be more innovative, because it's on a platform they (and their advertisers) are familiar with.

Just a theory.

-Cory

Re: Local TV making comeback, not so much with newspapers

lostremote — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:12:55 -0000

Doing a little napkin math of my own. Seattle has 4 TV newsrooms: 120+100+90+50 = 360 newsroom employees, which by my estimates is larger than the Seattle Times + Seattle PI editorial staffs. Most markets have just one major metro newspaper, and the newsroom staff sizes in Seattle aren't that out of line with similar-sized markets.

Now, if you count all the small newspapers around the Seattle DMA, the number of newspaper journalists would still outnumber TV. So I added a couple words in the post "major metro" to clarify.

-Cory

Re: CBS planning 3 more Twitter-based TV shows

lostremote — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:47:02 -0000

Thanks, updated to reflect that ratings have improved.

Re: ABC News part of Flipboard iPad trial

lostremote — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:34:13 -0000

Thanks Mitch! Just noticed that and updated. You're right, need to eliminate that preview pane and jump straight to full experience.

Re: Homeland Security is monitoring social networks with pretend ‘friending’

lostremote — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:17:49 -0000

Some day, I hope to get a translator for you. - Safran

Re: Homeland Security is monitoring social networks with pretend ‘friending’

lostremote — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:33:52 -0000

Yes. It's more shameful that Best Foods trying to sell us another jar of mayo. - Safran

Re: Boston Globe and Boston University partner on local news

lostremote — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:14:01 -0000

Uh, yeah - invitedmedia can threadjack sometimes. But he's a part of our cast of characters.

Re: Helen Thomas retires following anti-Semitic remarks

lostremote — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:29:15 -0000

Good points, Andrew. And I agree that, under some circumstances, "anti-Zionist" is an appropriate choice. Had Helen's remarks been along the lines of "This land is unrightfully occupied," then her remarks would have been closer to "anti-Zionist." But mixing that with the specter of the Holocaust, and telling Jews to go back to the lands of the diaspora as their homes? I'm sticking with the label. It's my job as editor to make these kinds of calls - and your job as the LR Faithful to debate 'em.

Re: Knight News Challenge grant winners announced

lostremote — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:02:54 -0000

Correct you are, thank you for catching it quickly.

Re: NBC planning Leno move, says NY Times

lostremote — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:50:50 -0000

The affiliates like Leno, but not the time slot. They've been complaining about the lower ratings performance of his new primetime show, which has a direct impact on the ratings of their late local newscasts.