This is confusing to me. Didn't she formerly complain about the mainstream media (MSM)? Yet now she's a part of it?
Bill Cammack wrote: > > Here's the press release, for those of you that aren't aware of what > ABC's goals are: > > ---------- > http://www.abcmedia net.com/pressrel /dispDNR. html?id=111406_ > 02&from=mnsearch > <http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=111406_02&from=mnsearch> > > ABC Television Network > PRESS RELEASE - ENTERTAINMENT - BLOGGER AMANDA CONGDON JOINS ABC NEWS' > DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP > Print This Document > (note: To use this function, upgrade your browser: "Quick Download") > > VIDEO BLOGGER AMANDA CONGDON JOINS ABC NEWS DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP AS A > CONTRIBUTOR > > > Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple > platforms and > connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, > Disney-ABC > Television Group announced today that Amanda Congdon has joined ABC > News Digital > Media Group as a contributor. In this role she will primarily > contribute through a weekly > video blog on the network's online component, ABCNEWS.com, and > frequently appear on > the 24-hour digital channel, ABC News Now. > > "We are excited about the addition of Amanda and her unique, > insightful approach to our > team" said Albert Cheng, executive vice president, Digital Media, > Disney-ABC Television > Group. "Her background and proven ability to effortlessly blend news > and pop culture will > be invaluable assets as we continue to evolve how we deliver news and > information across > our digital platforms." > > "I am very pleased to be joining the Disney-ABC Television Group team. > They are breaking > new ground online and I am eager to forge ahead with them," said Ms. > Congdon. "Many > people use the internet as their #1 news source, so it's exciting that > a major news provider > like ABC News is actively expanding their original program offerings > in the space." > > Ms. Congdon recently traveled across the country as part of her > AmandaAcrossAmerica > project, where she chronicled her experiences via video blogging, > which included > interviewing Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack. Prior to her nationwide tour, > she was the well- > known host of the daily online news show, Rocketboom.com. Ms. Congdon > graduated > magna cum laude from Northwestern University and currently resides in > Los Angeles. > > The ABC News Digital Media group continues to show incredible growth > through both > ABCNEWS.com and ABC News Now. ABCNEWS.com hit a five-year high in > October with > more than 138 million page views, showing a 77% increase from October > 2005, according > to an internal measurement tool. The site recently ranked seventh > among all news sites, > drawing its highest ranking in nearly three years. ABC News Now is one > of the most widely > distributed broadband channels, available to over 27 million broadband > subscribers, and > is innovating the marketplace with its own line of viewer-generated > programming, "Be > Seen and Be Heard." > > This announcement is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group's overall > Digital Media > multiplatform business initiative and demonstrates the Group's ongoing > commitment to > launching new digital products and working with strategic partners in > the digital media > space to make its high-quality, informative and entertaining content > available to > consumers whenever and wherever they choose. > > Media Contacts: > Paige Capossela, ABC News, (212) 456-7243 > Karen Hobson, Disney-ABC Television Group, (818) 569-7789 > Michael Donkis, Endeavor, (310) 246 -3390 > > ------------ ----- > > --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com > <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mike Meiser" <groups-yahoo- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Exactly Peter, > > > > ABC, is completely ignorant of the the potential of vidoe on the web > > and just replicating the sam ol' sh*t that worked on TV, but now's the > > chance to send a message and make a point. To clue big media in, and > > to help Amanda out. > > > > Amanda, > > > > I knew you know what makes vlogs work, that's perhaps why I pushed so > > hard. I understand.. . you're working with a big player they probably > > don't care what you think... tradtionally you're just the personality, > > the pretty face on the screen, they're probably not used to their on > > air tallent telling their techies how to do their job. We got your > > back, just send them this way and we'll clue them in. > > > > BTW, I did notice you got your RSS feed up. Half the trouble is just > > that the page is a mess. And so is the RSS feed. The permalinks for > > example in the feed just link back to a generic ABC podcast overview > > page, this is utterly clueless. RSS feeds aren't just about > > aggregation they're about search and findability as well. The whole > > idea of the permalink is to tie the videos / podcasts back to the > > original post, the original show notes. Your vlog on ABC seems to > > have todays shownotes/ links... but I'll be damned if I know where > > they go after that. > > > > ABC should get a clue and just install a stock wordpress platform it'd > > do a thousand fold more for you. Videoblogging is not just a web page > > or a place holder it's a communications platform and untill ABC > > understands all the dozens of little things a blogging platform does > > and WHY they do it they shouldn't be trying to replicate it. I could > > go on and on about a dozen or more other blogging innivations that are > > extremely important like blogrolling, but the fact that ABC missed > > nearly every major one so obviously is just sad. > > > > Please be kick ass. Please take abc to geek girl camp 101 and kick > > their ass inline, because I've got to say, if you don't your going to > > pay the price in extremely low viewership because they are way, way > > off base. > > > > Heh, and if they'll only listen to someone they pay a lot of money, > > through my hat in the ring I do consulting. I know how to charge > > someone lots of money so they respect your opinion. Heh, sometimes > > it's the only way to get them to listen. :) > > > > -Mike > > mmeiser.com/ blog > > mefeedia.com > > > > On 12/22/06, Peter Leppik <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > With any new medium it takes time for people to figure out what works. > > > > > > The first instinct (for those with experience in another medium) is > > > to just copy what worked in the old medium to the new. Early > > > television shows featured guys standing around mics doing radio drama. > > > > > > So I'm not terribly surprised that ABC's first instinct is to just > > > copy traditional television (badly) into a web page, complete with 30- > > > second ads. Give them time, and they'll figure it out--or else > > > someone else will figure it out, and Disney will acquire them to > > > merge the companies. But they're learning, in baby steps. > > > > > > -Peter > > > > > > Disclaimer: I don't know if the first TV shows really were guys doing > > > radio drama, but I heard it once and it sounded truthy. Also, I > > > can't get Amanda's ABC show to play, so I have no idea if the pre- > > > roll ads everyone's complaining about are 30 seconds long or not. > > > > > > On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Mike Meiser wrote: > > > > > > > Howdy, I read through pretty much all the posts on new Amanda > show on > > > > ABC. Who can blame me for not reading them all there were well over > > > > 100 all told. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
