Mediabistro
Scroll Motion's John Lema on Creating Esquire's iPad App (Media Beat 2 of 3)
- Title
- Scroll Motion's John Lema on Creating Esquire's iPad App (Media Beat 2 of 3)
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- With print magazine iPad apps launching almost daily, some leaders and losers have already emerged. Esquire's seen nothing but praise for its foray into the field, including a nod for being more than just "another magazine under glass." For Part 2 of our Media Beat interview, we spoke with the app's creator, ScrollMotion CEO John Lema. "What [publishers] really want is to see their brand move to the new space in a richer way," he told mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby.
- Title
- Zinio and Scroll Motion Execs Talk Digital Publishing (Media Beat 1 of 3)
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- For a special episode of Media Beat, we spoke with execs from two companies leading the digital mag publishing movement. First up is Doug Carlson, who went from founding Fiji Water to becoming managing director of Zinio, one of the first companies to take magazines online. "What we've done is created the ability to take a file from a publisher and basically normalize it to a whole bunch of different devices and operating systems, and that's really in the end what we call unity," he told mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby.
- Title
- Electric Lit's Andy Hunter on Twitter Marketing for Authors (Part 3 of 3)
- Runtime
- 5:31
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In our Media Beat interview, Electric Literature co-founder Andy Hunter explained how his literary journal used Twitter to find thousands of new readers and offered tips on using the social network as a community-building tool.
- Title
- Electric Literature's Andy Hunter on iPad Publishing Solutions (Media Beat 2 of 3)
- Runtime
- 5:10
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this episode of Media Beat, Electric Literature co-founder Andy Hunter talked about iPad publishing solutions. He explained how writers and publishers can bring content to these new platforms.
- Title
- Andrew Ross Sorkin on His Biggest Scoop at The New York Times (Media Beat 2 of 3)
- Runtime
- 4:54
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- As chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin has won praise for his ability to forge sources deep within Wall Street and criticism for his direct style and quick rise to fame. In our Media Beat interview, he says that the column he's most proud of was actually the one that caused his own paper to admonish him publicly - a piece encouraging automaker GM to pursue a government-sponsored bankruptcy.
- Title
- Electric Literature's Andy Hunter on the Future of the Literary Journal (Media Beat 1 of 3)
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this episode of Media Beat, Electric Literature founder Andy Hunter discussed the future of the literary journal. He shared strategies for reaching new readers and using social networking tools to improve reader interaction. Hunter will be one of many guests at Mediabistro's eBook Summit on December 15th.
- Title
- Bill Weir on Brett Favre and Local Sports Reporting (Media Beat 3 of 3)
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In the final installment of our interview with ABC News anchor Bill Weir, we talked about his roots in local sports reporting and anchoring. Weir once hosted a show at WLUK-TV with Green Bay Packer Sean Jones and had guests ranging from Reggie White to Brett Favre, who he says has remained pretty, uh, consistent.
- Title
- Bill Weir: From 'Smart Ass' Sports Guy to ABC News Anchor (Media Beat 2 of 3)
- Runtime
- 7:43
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In part II of this week's MediaBeat interview, TVNewser managing editor Chris Ariens talks with "Nightline" co-anchor Bill Weir about the changes in store at ABC News as the network president prepares to step down and a new leader prepares to step up: "There's the pragmatic attitude which is: it wouldn't be so bad if they found some Harvard MBA dropout who made a billion dollars in a web startup."
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Robert Tomkinson: Part 3
- Runtime
- 4:59
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 3 of his talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Robert Tomkinson explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Robert also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Robert Tomkinson: Part 2
- Runtime
- 5:24
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 2 of his talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Robert Tomkinson explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Robert also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Robert Tomkinson: Part 1
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 1 of his talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Robert Tomkinson explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Robert also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Bill Weir: ABC News 'Getting Leaner & Meaner by Necessity' (Media Beat 1 of 3)
- Runtime
- 8:29
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this week's MediaBeat interview, TVNewser managing editor Chris Ariens chats up ABC News "Nightline" co-anchor Bill Weir. Weir talks about being part of a secret weekend project five years ago as the network tested new "Nightline" formats. Little did anyone know, Ted Koppel, the anchor at the time, was watching the whole thing.
- Title
- Andrew Ross Sorkin on DealBook and the New York Times Paywall (Media Beat 1 of 3)
- Runtime
- 4:39
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- As the editor of The New York Times' Dealbook blog, Andrew Ross Sorkin has grown the site into a leader for breaking news that even influences Wall Street legislation. In this week's Media Beat interview, he tells us his future plans for the site and what he thinks of the paper's upcoming paywall strategy. "However we approach it, we're going to do it in a way that will actually make it work," he said.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Katharine Lewis: Part 1
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 1 of her talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Katharine Lewis explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Katherine also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Katharine Lewis: Part 4
- Runtime
- 4:15
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 4 of her talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Katharine Lewis explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Katherine also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Katharine Lewis: Part 3
- Runtime
- 5:50
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 3 of her talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Katharine Lewis explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Katherine also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Games and Branded IP with Katharine Lewis: Part 2
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In Part 2 of her talk at Mediabistro's Social Gaming Summit, Katharine Lewis explains how brands such as Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, and other gameshow brands have been turned into great social games. Katherine also takes us through building a strong social game on the back of 3rd party branded IP.
- Title
- Social Gaming Summit: Building Social Games For Your Own Platform with Geoff Cook Share, Part 1
- Runtime
- 10:00
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Get beyond the "me too" strategy. Social games need to work in the context of your site and they need to work for your audience.
Geoff Cook is now the CEO of his third multi-million dollar Internet enterprise, all grown from zero traffic and zero revenue to significant market-leading properties. In 1997, at age 19, Geoff founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a Harvard dorm room. Each property dominated their respective niches: admissions essay and resume writing help. He then sold his companies to The Thomson Corporation where he led the Consumer Market Group for a Thomson Learning division, departing Thomson in 2005. Geoff has been featured in Wired, Rolling Stone, ABC News, CNBC, and USA Today. In 2005, Geoff became the CEO of myYearbook, joining forces with his siblings. Geoff was instrumental in raising $20+ million in angel financing, venture capital, and venture debt to build the young company into the largest US social media site. Geoff has an A.B. in Economics fr...
- Title
- Building A Freemium Business On Someone Else's Platform with Shayan Zadeh, Part 2
- Runtime
- 9:41
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Are you a developer looking to build a successful business on someone else's platform? How do you mitigate risks? Is this something that is in fact doable? Join us for an interesting talk on this critical topic.
Shayan Zadeh is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Zoosk. He is a computer scientist and businessman by training, football player by practice, and a self-aspiring actor. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Sharif University of Technology, a Master of Science in computer science from University of Maryland, and an MBA from University of Washington.
- Title
- Highlights from How to Make Money from Blogging: Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- This panel discussion, sponsored by AOL, will explore the different ways that writers, journalists, and bloggers can earn a living by writing for others, or for themselves. Featured guests will be journalists, editors and bloggers who will provide different perspectives on how to blog successfully. It's an opportunity to connect with them directly, refresh the way you think about blogging, and take away key ideas on how to make a living by doing what you love.
The panel is moderated by Jennifer Eggers, independent copywriter and creative director, and features Stephen Lenz, editor in chief of Urlesque; Lockhart Steele, president and publisher, Curbed; and Dorothy McGivney, founder and editor of Jauntsetter.
- Title
- Social Gaming Summit: Building Social Games For Your Own Platform with Geoff Cook Share, Part 2
- Runtime
- 8:45
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Get beyond the "me too" strategy. Social games need to work in the context of your site and they need to work for your audience.
Geoff Cook is now the CEO of his third multi-million dollar Internet enterprise, all grown from zero traffic and zero revenue to significant market-leading properties. In 1997, at age 19, Geoff founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a Harvard dorm room. Each property dominated their respective niches: admissions essay and resume writing help. He then sold his companies to The Thomson Corporation where he led the Consumer Market Group for a Thomson Learning division, departing Thomson in 2005. Geoff has been featured in Wired, Rolling Stone, ABC News, CNBC, and USA Today. In 2005, Geoff became the CEO of myYearbook, joining forces with his siblings. Geoff was instrumental in raising $20+ million in angel financing, venture capital, and venture debt to build the young company into the largest US social media site. Geoff has an A.B. in Economics fr...
- Title
- Building A Freemium Business On Someone Else's Platform with Shayan Zadeh, Part 1
- Runtime
- 9:38
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Are you a developer looking to build a successful business on someone else's platform? How do you mitigate risks? Is this something that is in fact doable? Join us for an interesting talk on this critical topic.
Shayan Zadeh is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Zoosk. He is a computer scientist and businessman by training, football player by practice, and a self-aspiring actor. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Sharif University of Technology, a Master of Science in computer science from University of Maryland, and an MBA from University of Washington.
- Title
- How to Make Your Video Comedy Sketches More Like the Movies
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Make your comedy sketches more cinematic with advice from our expert. A touch of some professional directing techniques is what it takes.
- Title
- Building A Freemium Business On Someone Else's Platform with Shayan Zadeh, Part 3
- Runtime
- 5:44
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Are you a developer looking to build a successful business on someone else's platform? How do you mitigate risks? Is this something that is in fact doable? Join us for an interesting talk on this critical topic.
Shayan Zadeh is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Zoosk. He is a computer scientist and businessman by training, football player by practice, and a self-aspiring actor. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Sharif University of Technology, a Master of Science in computer science from University of Maryland, and an MBA from University of Washington.
- Title
- Phil Libin: Freemium for Consumer Internet, Part 4
- Runtime
- 6:52
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 4 of Phil's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). How do you make the freemium business work for consumer Internet applications? Evernote's Phil Libin gives his perspective.
- Title
- Phil Libin: Freemium for Consumer Internet, Part 3
- Runtime
- 9:35
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 3 of Phil's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). How do you make the freemium business work for consumer Internet applications? Evernote's Phil Libin gives his perspective.
- Title
- Phil Libin: Freemium for Consumer Internet, Part 2
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 2 of Phil's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). How do you make the freemium business work for consumer Internet applications? Evernote's Phil Libin gives his perspective.
- Title
- Matt Brezina: Freemium and the Enterprise, Part 2
- Runtime
- 9:30
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 2 of Matt's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com)
Matt Brezina is the founder of Xobni, an email software startup based in San Francisco. Matt is interested in metrics driven user acquisition, monetization, and customer development. Matt has served as the entrepreneur in residence at Penn State University and is an angel investor and advisor to several startups.
- Title
- Phil Libin: Freemium for Consumer Internet, Part 1
- Runtime
- 7:52
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 1 of Phil's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). How do you make the freemium business work for consumer Internet applications? Evernote's Phil Libin gives his perspective.
- Title
- Matt Brezina: Freemium and the Enterprise, Part 1
- Runtime
- 9:55
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 1 of Matt's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). Curious about what it takes to make freemium succeed when developing enterprise or business applications? Our group of esteemed experts will share their thoughts on what it takes to succeed in this space.
Matt Brezina is the founder of Xobni, an email software startup based in San Francisco. Matt is interested in metrics driven user acquisition, monetization, and customer development. Matt has served as the entrepreneur in residence at Penn State University and is an angel investor and advisor to several startups.
- Title
- Tonia Mattu.flv
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Ben Chestnut: Freemium Summit: The Abuse That Comes With Free, Part 2
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 2 of Ben's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). Switching to a freemium model isn't always easy. What can go wrong? How do you handle the influx of new users? Hear one company's cautionary tale of what can happen when switching to a freemium model.
- Title
- Ben Chestnut : Freemium Summit: The Abuse That Comes With Free, Part 1
- Runtime
- 9:41
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 1 of Ben's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com). Switching to a freemium model isn't always easy. What can go wrong? How do you handle the influx of new users? Hear one company's cautionary tale of what can happen when switching to a freemium model.
- Title
- Drew Houston: Freemium for Consumer Internet Businesses, Part 4
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 4 of Drew's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Drew Houston is the cofounder and CEO of Dropbox, the leading way to store and share files online. Dropbox helps millions of people across the world to access and share their important files from any computer or the web. The company launched at the TechCrunch50 conference in 2008 and is backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners.
Drew was named one of the top "Twentysomething Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek in April 2008. Before starting Dropbox, he cofounded an online SAT prep company and has held a variety of engineering roles in other startups since age 14. He received his S.B. in computer science from MIT.
- Title
- Drew Houston: Freemium for Consumer Internet Businesses, Part 3
- Runtime
- 4:43
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 3 of Drew's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Drew was named one of the top "Twentysomething Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek in April 2008. Before starting Dropbox, he cofounded an online SAT prep company and has held a variety of engineering roles in other startups since age 14. He received his S.B. in computer science from MIT.
- Title
- Drew Houston: Freemium for Consumer Internet Businesses, Part 2
- Runtime
- 9:48
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 2 of Drew's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Drew Houston is the cofounder and CEO of Dropbox, the leading way to store and share files online. Dropbox helps millions of people across the world to access and share their important files from any computer or the web. The company launched at the TechCrunch50 conference in 2008 and is backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners.
Drew was named one of the top "Twentysomething Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek in April 2008. Before starting Dropbox, he cofounded an online SAT prep company and has held a variety of engineering roles in other startups since age 14. He received his S.B. in computer science from MIT.
- Title
- Drew Houston: Freemium for Consumer Internet Businesses, Part 1
- Runtime
- 8:19
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 1 of Drew's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Drew was named one of the top "Twentysomething Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek in April 2008. Before starting Dropbox, he cofounded an online SAT prep company and has held a variety of engineering roles in other startups since age 14. He received his S.B. in computer science from MIT.
- Title
- Aaron Levie: Freemium and the Enterprise, Part 2
- Runtime
- 8:35
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 2 of Aaron's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box.net, which he originally created as a college business project with the goal of helping people easily access their information from any location. He is the visionary behind Box's product and platform strategy, which is focused on incorporating the best of traditional content management with the most effective elements of social business software. He has spoken about content and collaboration tools at events such as Accenture Global Summit, Collaboration 2.0, Defrag, Enterprise 2.0, Gilbane San Francisco, South by Southwest and Svase.
- Title
- Aaron Levie: Freemium and the Enterprise, Part 1
- Runtime
- 9:50
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Part 1 of Aaron's talk at Freemium Summit (http://www.freemiumsummit.com), brought to you by Charles Hudson and mediabistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com) Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box.net, which he originally created as a college business project with the goal of helping people easily access their information from any location. He is the visionary behind Box's product and platform strategy, which is focused on incorporating the best of traditional content management with the most effective elements of social business software. He has spoken about content and collaboration tools at events such as Accenture Global Summit, Collaboration 2.0, Defrag, Enterprise 2.0, Gilbane San Francisco, South by Southwest and Svase.
- Title
- Media Beat interview with FNC's Bill Hemmer (part 2 of 3)
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Fox News "America's Newsroom" Anchor Bill Hemmer talks with TVNewser about his recent reporting from Haiti following the earthquake.
More: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/media_beat/media_beat_bill_hemmer_on_the_one_story_that_haunted_me_the_most_152903.asp
- Title
- Media Beat interview with FNC's Bill Hemmer (part 1 of 3)
- Runtime
- 5:54
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Fox News "America's Newsroom" Anchor Bill Hemmer talks about how his career got started. More here: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/media_beat/media_beat_how_bill_hemmers_brilliant_idea_got_him_his_big_break_152817.asp
- Title
- Katty Kay: A Journalist and Author Speaks About eBooks (Trailer)
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this preview of a conversation with Manoush Zomorodi at Mediabistro's eBook Summit, Katty Kay talks about being a journalist and first-time author in the current publishing climate. Along the way, you'll learn about women in the workplace, branding yourself, monetizing your work as a writer, and much more. For the complete presentation and more great videos, visit mediabistro.com/ondemand.
- Title
- Mediabistro Presents: Meet The Instructors
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this short video, you'll meet some of Mediabistro's most inspiring instructors, including experts on screenwriting, fact checking, techie software, and more. Get to know us, and then come visit mediabistro.com.
- Title
- On-Camera Media Training with Mediabistro (Preview)
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Learn Copy Editing with Mediabistro (Preview)
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Preview: Complexion Makeovers in Photoshop
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Preview: Awesome Business Cards
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Preview: Creating Funky Panoramas in Photoshop
- Runtime
- 5:19
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Demandables: Getting Hired with Social Media
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Laurie Ruettimann of punkrockhr.com explains how to get a full-time job in a tough economy by using social media tools and making the most of your glidepath. Whats that? Watch and learn. For more great videos, visit mediabistro.com/ondemand.
- Title
- Demandables: Human Resources from Human Beings
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Laurie Ruettimann of punkrockhr.com explains why career advice from human resources people can be really helpful. She also explains how to exude confidence, and dishes the dirt on what she reads online. For more great videos, visit mediabistro.com/ondemand.
