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I’ve known about it for years. Delved into it every now and then for kicks. But until now, I don’t think I have ever been hooked. 

UNVEIL: The Onion News Network– America’s Finest News Source now in video

The ONN will be generating hilarious content in a ‘serious’ light based on current events yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I was reading the CBS news article on ONN and The Onion’s Pres. Sean Mills who said, "We want as many people to see our news reports as possible … We can work out a deal with YouTube when they’re ready."
This is awesome! More skrag to add to the catapult preparing for the launch of Murdoch Video United [my take on an expected collaboration between media giants to create an online portal for their content]. I would hope, though, that Mills as well as others at The Onion do not take this jump lightly. It is a major move for them, possibly breaking into the ranks of loyal viewers of Jon Stuart and Steven Colbert.

"I think there is a demand for a 24-hour news
network that isn’t a parody like ‘The Daily Show’ … People want to get
the truth with a level of seriousness and integrity that only the Onion
can bring." –Mills says characterizing the show as a serious, traditional network news source. I believe they will go live this coming Tuesday, April 3, 2007.

March 28, 2007 | | No Comments »

Murdoch fondles MySpace

I came upon an interesting article in today’s edition of BusinessWeek.com. The title caught my eye first of all, "D’oh! More Homer Simpson on MySpace". The Simpsons have been a popular television show in millions of households throughout the country. It is considered the longest running American sitcom in history and was given the prestige of being Time Magazine’s best American T.V. show of the century. Fox hit it big with this one! They are currently rolling into the sitcom’s 19th season of which will be its finale, the 400th episode, and also a major motion picture is in the making.

NewsCorp is in the process of giving permission to MySpace users to embed video of its enormous gallery of copyrighted content on their pages. It is a huge step forward for advertising and distribution. Imagine the potential; upwards of 60 million users view MySpace pages and each of those users have the chance to see your show/advertisement. I can’t wait to see how this move affects other major content holders such as Viacom in their growing complications with YouTube, the fastest growing UGC aggregator with recent growth topping at more than 1000%!

I say, let us choose our content. Because there is no way for you to stop us without losing us.

March 5, 2007 | | No Comments »