Come with your questions about being an entrepreneur in the media, arts & entertainment industry. Every Wednesday night at 9pm (EST) host Daron Jenkins will answer your questions as well as share industry news, talk hot topics, share business insights and let you know what networking opportunities are upcoming.
Starting Nov. 19th at 9pm EST on UStream TV
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scenepr-live
From 30-second commercial spots to feature films and experiential design, PAUSE NYC examines the concepts, techniques and principles that drive the world’s leading creative studios. The two-day event features 12 one-hour presentations, a panel discussion, special screenings, and nightly socials.
Confirmed presenters include: BTRY, Brand New School, BUCK, Chris Milk, Digital Kitchen, GMunk, Hillman Curtis, HUSH, Joseph Kosinski, Mark Romanek, MK12 and UFO.
Attend the Women For Hire Career Expo to meet face to face with top employers in a field like marketing, media, merchandising, or sales.
» Free admission for professional women
» Entry level to experienced professional positions available
» Resumes and business attire required
» Free resume critiquing
Among the top employers already committed to recruiting at the event:
and many more!
As campaign managers for Sarah Palin plot last-minute tactics to get her elected, Hollywood bigwigs are convening strategy sessions of their own. Their goal: finding the ideal on-air vehicle for the vp candidate if and when she exits politics.
Love her or hate her — there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground with Palin — the 44-year-old hockey mom has captured the public imagination in a way no politician has since, well, Barack Obama.
But as more and more polls cast doubt on the McCain-Palin ticket, producers and agents across the entertainment world are discussing possibilities for capitalizing on her fame, ranging from an Oprah-style syndicated talk show to a Sean Hannity-like perch in cable news or on radio.
Simmons and Schramm will announce the launch of an entrepreneurship competition in the fields of fashion, film and music that will be the signature U.S. component of Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA (November 17-23, 2008).
Comcast’s decision to cap monthy broadband usage at 250GB is being decried as the end of the Internet as we know it. Maybe so, but it can also be seen as the dawn of the Streaming Era. As the Olympics drew to a close with big numbers - 75.5 million streams (NBCOlympics.com), 40 million (BBC), another 130 million from the European Broadcasting Union, and 100 million Chinese viewers - the networks were already moving…
The technology and journalism fields have long been dominated by men, especially in the upper management of big companies. But the J-Lab and McCormick Foundation want to shine the light on new ideas from women who work at mainstream media outlets but want to start something up on the side.
That’s why they started giving out grants in their New Media Women Entrepreneurs (NMWE) competition, with three winning ideas getting $10,000 in seed money:
> Echo, a locative media project that encourages people to call in their stories about places in Atlanta
> Latina Voices, a website for Latinas to discuss social issues
> Northwest Navy News, a site that will facilitate connections between military families in Washington state
Jan Schaffer, executive director of the J-Lab, told me that women are…
New Study Helps Dispel Belief That Online Video Viewers Will Surf Away
– The perils of preroll appear to have been vastly overstated, according to Nate Elliott, research director at Jupiter, who suggests audience loss as a direct result of prerolls could be as little as 5%.
The figure comes as Jupiter releases a major European report about online video and in-stream video advertising.
Online video and ads surging
The research firm found Europeans are watching double the amount of online TV than they were a year ago, and that online video advertising is keeping pace with the trend. It is expected to account for…
I have only just managed to get my severe involuntary chuckling fits under control.
They began on August 14th when I read these words from Google’s Eric Schmidt, in response to a question from CNBC’s somewhat comatose Jim Kramer as to whether the company would consider placing ads on its home page:
“People wouldn’t like it. We prioritize the end user over the advertiser.”
And I prioritize the ketchup over the fries. I eat it raw and unsullied, guzzling it straight from the bottle as if it were cabernet.
I’m astonished that anyone would have even the smallest flicker or twitter of doubt that, one day, Google will slap ads from the highest bidder on its home page.