Tronc threatens a nightmare hellscape of video content in new warning to employees | The Verge
The video is meant to rally the troops for a massive reorganization, but is undercut by surreal graphics showing Tronc as a colorful Death Star with massive antennae that have emerged to slurp up every content planet in the known universe.
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Video news isn’t growing as fast as you’d think, and other surprising findings from a new global survey
(Source: niemanlab.org)
BuzzFeed is building a New York-based team to experiment with news video » Nieman Journalism Lab
In the same way that BuzzFeed started out focused on lighter content like listicles and then moved into narrative and investigative journalism, the company is taking steps to insert more news into its video operations.
(Source: niemanlab.org)
Three years after it burst onto the scene to create a new breed of short-form comedy and give rise to a group of heartthrob stars, Vine is struggling. Marketers and ad buyers that paid creators to make “sponsored” Vines have soured on the app, which is owned by Twitter, and are directing dollars toward competitors like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram. Video creators frustrated with Vine have followed the ad money, and some of the top “Viners” rarely post anymore as they focus on their other social media accounts.
Internet Video Views Is A 100 Percent Bullshit Metric
The TV ratings Nielsen reports aren’t concurrent viewers, but rather “average minute audience,” which is exactly what it sounds like. It measures the average audience watching across each minute of the show.
If BuzzFeed’s watermelon video had been measured the way a TV show is, its viewership would’ve been closer to zero than the 807,000 it trumpeted to advertisers. Viewership started off low and took 45 minutes to build to that 807,000, and few people watched the entire video; many tuned in for five or 10 minute blocks at the end. Facebook’s metrics also wildly inflate the number of people watching a given video, as they count somebody as a viewer once they have been watching for just three seconds, and by default Facebook videos autoplay as you scroll to them in your feed.
(Source: Gawker)
Snapchat Inc. is turning into a mobile-video juggernaut. The social-media company delivers more than 7 billion video clips each day, people with knowledge of the matter said. That rivals the amount watched on Facebook Inc., which has 15 times as many users.
Snapchat’s Daily Mobile Video Views Said to Rival Facebook’s - Bloomberg Business
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Facebook says it’s now streaming more video than YouTube. To be able to make that claim, all they had to do was cheat, lie, and steal.
Read more: Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Medium
(Source: medium.com)
Robin Hammond Discusses Mental Health in Liberia
This chapter of “Condemned,” an extensive photography project by Pulitzer Center grantee Robin Hammond, documents the long-term mental health impacts of the conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone—illustrating that signing of peace agreements does not ensure an end to suffering. Hammond discusses his reporting in Liberia which covers the lives of former child soldiers and the war’s legacy of mental health issues.
In early November, the Associated Press hosted ONA UK’s latest industry discussion on mobile technology and field reporting. For the debate, AP moderator, head of international video news Derl McCrudden, was joined by a strong panel including Kate Day, director of digital content, Telegraph Media Group; David Thorpe, global head of live operations, YouTube; and Marc Settle, smartphone journalist trainer, BBC College of Journalism.
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