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.
You’ll be hearing about this most of the day, so best to take five minutes and watch it now: “The Daily Show” visits the New York Times.
Want to buy an e-book reader but can’t decide between Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s version, the Reader? Then you’re in the minority: Most folks are choosing Amazon’s device, even though Sony’s sells for $60 less. Sony’s newest gambit to change that: A tie-up with Google that will add half a million free titles to the Sony book catalog.
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.
Sling.com will soon get Viacom shows like “SpongeBob Squarepants,” which you can see on Joost but not on Hulu or YouTube. Confused? Of course you are. And Hollywood wonders why pirate sites are popular.
The Viacom-Time Warner Cable fight is just like every other fight we’ve seen between the cable guys and the content guys. The new twist here is broadband video sites like Hulu, which give the content guys a little bit more leverage and irritate the heck out of the cable guys.
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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