Is there anything you people won’t watch online? Doesn’t look like it, based on the newest Web video numbers from Nielsen. While stats show that the overall size of the Internet video audience has increased by 12 percent in the last year, the amount of video consumed has shot up 25 percent.
Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit?
Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.
Hey, here’s some “process journalism” for you: Anyone know what happened at the Hulu board meeting in Los Angeles on Monday? Besides News Corp. digital boss Jon Miller taking his seat on the board? Inquiring minds want to know! In the meantime, enjoy Jon Stewart tearing apart CNN’s clumsy attempts to use Facebook and Twitter to augment its… reporting.
Can’t get enough of Jon Stewart’s CNBC rant from earlier this week? CBS hopes not: It had Stewart on David Letterman’s show last night, and was lucky enough to get “The Daily Show” host to riff on the topic yet again. It’s a couple seconds of comedy–perfect for YouTube.
Sometimes Jon Stewart uses his platform to explain new technology, like Twitter or the Kindle, to his audience. And sometimes he uses it for a trenchant media critique. Or, as in the case of last night’s segment on CNBC, not so much a critique as a full-fledged evisceration.
Oprah is already on record as a Kindle fan. Jon Stewart–not so much. “The Daily Show” host let Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on his show last night to pitch the Kindle 2.0, which started shipping yesterday. And while Bezos is an enthusiastic salesman, convincing someone to pay $359 for an electronic book reader isn’t a slam dunk.
Barack Obama caused a small stir among us media navel gazers when he called on the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein during his press conference this week. Time to get over it. “The Daily Show” can help.
Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »
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