Comments on: Social Media Now: Big Media’s War on YouTube, Chapter 639

By: fred wilson

fred wilson — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:24:57 +0000

all this big media trauma with respect to social media and the fluidity of web video is a huge advantage to the up and coming creators who aren’t stuck in old models.

i hope they keep their heads in the sand for years.

By: Movie Marketing Madness » Blog Archive » Quick Takes: 3/2/07 - Special Media and Distribution Edition

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:33:07 +0000

[...] Academy Yanks Clips from YouTube … Apple Opens Door (A Crack) to Indies: Yeah, the Academy says that clips being on YouTube diminishes the Oscar brand and that’s why they wanted them pulled. Of course users being users that didn’t last long. [...]

By: Social Media Club - » Social Media Now: The Battle Continues

Social Media Club - » Social Media Now: The Battle Continues — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:03:49 +0000

[...] I’d hardly call the BBC strategy a loving embrace of social media. In fact it sounds a lot like the one Mark Cuban offered yesterday: flood YouTube with teaser clips and links back to the mothership. [...]

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:54:42 +0000

I agree, I think it’s time to face facts; people are in control of your brand, like it or not, so it’s best to play nice.

By: So Your Clips Are on YouTube | Portland Social Media

So Your Clips Are on YouTube | Portland Social Media — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:45:21 +0000

[...] On Tuesday of this week, those behind the Oscars, the Academy, contacted YouTube and demanded they take down videos uploaded by YouTube’s users of selected scenes from Oscar night. I haven’t watched any of the clips but Jason Chervokas blogging at the Social Media Club blog says the Will Farrell and Jack Black musical had been viewed over 250,000 times; it was very funny. YouTube complied on Wednesday and all the clips have now been removed. [...]

By: behindthebuzz.com » Blog Archive » Buzz for the wrong reasons

behindthebuzz.com » Blog Archive » Buzz for the wrong reasons — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:57:53 +0000

[...] All I see at this moment is a group of people who are being left behind in the evolution of entertainment and are trying to be Canute as the tide comes in. They’ve created buzz, just not the kind they may have wanted. (There’s a good take at the Social Media Club) [...]