The New York Times reports that CBS anchor Katie Couric is getting a bump from her presence on the Internet:
Katie Couric has been the most watched, most talked-about network news anchor this election season. Just not necessarily on CBS.
Consider that the three most popular YouTube videos of her interviews with Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, [...]
CBS has launched EyeMobile (iTunes link) - a free citizen media iPhone application. The application lets you browse the latest CBS new reports, but also lets you contribute to news coverage by submitting images.Â
EyeMobile is part of CBSEyeMobile.com’s take on social media news.Â
The iPhone/Web site combination lets you:
submit images as you capture news;
build your coverage with [...]
EQAL, the studio behind faux-vlog shows LonelyGirl15 & KateModern, has signed a deal with CBS to create online content.
The two companies will work on producing multi-platform content, including online and mobile, around CBS programming. EQAL will work on a non-exclusive basis with CBS at consulting, producing and scripting.
“This partnering signals CBS’s attention to the web [...]
CBS Interactive, a division of old-media television network CBS, announded yesterday the debut of MOBLOGIC, a new daily web video show.
MOBLOGIC, which begins airing episodes today, paints itself as offering “news and politics with attitude.” The show will be hosted by Lindsay Campbell, the former host of video podcast Wallstrip (which started out as an [...]
CBS Interactive has announced that it will begin offering classic shows from its archive as on-demand Internet television.
The initial lineup includes full-length episodes of Star Trek, The Twighlight Zone, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0 and Melrose Place. All content is ad-supported, free to the consumer, and available immediately.
While we can’t say that CBS is boldly going [...]
Several of the world’s leading Internet and media companies today announced their joint support for a set of copyright guidelines for user-generated content designed to protect the intellectual property of content owners.
According to the companies, the principles offer a comprehensive set of guidelines to help user-generated content (UGC) services and content creators work together to [...]
Howard Lindzon, the creator of the “Wall Strip” video podcast (”stock culture meets pop culture”), was interviewed by Expo organizer Tim Bourquin as the opening session for the 2007 Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California.
Lindzon parlayed his background in the financial industry, and some financial backing ($600,000), and overlooked his own lack of [...]
CBS has announced that it will make 60 Minutes available as a free audio podcast on iTunes. CBS has previously made excerpts available as a podcast, but the move will mark the first time the show will be able to be downloaded in its entirety.
“60 Minutes is perfect for this kind of audio podcasting. Our [...]
CBS Interactive has announced that it is partnering with community-building websites and social application providers to let users put CBS clips into their profiles, websites, blogs, widgets, wikis, and community pages.
“Today, we are taking the CBS Audience Network directly to the user,” said Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive. “We now want to empower our audience [...]
Wallstrip, the Rocketboom of financial news, has been purchased by CBS Interactive for a price in the millions, with a multi-year commitment to continue show and enhance its site.
“You can make money from blogging!” said Wallstrip’s Howard Lindzon.
The show, described as “Cramer with breasts” by its creator, is a short (about four minute) video podcast. [...]