sixby9is42
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I am sure that 'going viral' was not the aim of the Dispatch multimedia editor who made the video and posted it on the Dispatch site. He said he had sat on the video for 5 weeks and then posted it on a 'slow news day'. I think it would be a good idea for some media to watermark their videos though.
I agree, I think putting their videos on YouTube with a watermark is the best option.
Walker
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How the 'golden voice' video went viral
Saturday, January 8, 2011
BY ROBERT VITALE
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
How did "Golden Homeless Voice" go viral?
It took an unauthorized repost on YouTube, tweets, Facebook recommendations and a blurb on the megasite Gawker to get Williams' story before CNN and the networks.
More than 12 million people watched Williams, a homeless former radio announcer, demonstrate his "God-given gift of voice" on YouTube before the site acknowledged a copyright violation and removed the video.
Commentary: http://www.topix.net/forum/source/columbus-dispatch/T82R1QAP7S2EFAJ26
jeff_r
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Didn't the Dispatch have the same kind of issue when Doral Chenowith's "Health Care Rally Video" went viral? If they have a YouTube channel or an official version of that video up on YouTube, I couldn't find it.
The Dispatch just really seems to struggle with new media; whether it's their comments section, their attempt at a pay firewall, their engagement with their online audience, or how they manage their digital property. Somehow all these opportunities have become liabilities, and I'm not sure why.
Walker
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Some good reading material:
Dispatch Pulls “Golden Voice†YouTube Video:
http://prtini.com/dispatch-goldenvoice-ted-williams/
Memo to Newspapers: Stop Thinking Like a Portal:
http://gigaom.com/2011/01/07/newspaper-video-ted-williams/
So, we just left this lengthy comment for the editor of the Columbus Dispatch regarding the Ted Williams/YouTube thing. Hope it gets approved:
Newspaper removes ‘homeless voice’ YouTube clip:
http://www.lostremote.com/2011/01/06/newspaper-removes-homeless-voice-youtube-clip/
Columbus Dispatch Inexplicably Takes Video of Homeless Man with Radio Voice Down from YouTube:
http://www.geekosystem.com/homeless-man-radio-voice-taken-down/
Walker
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| Get the Video Widget |
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I am never quite sure how to approach a renetto post, but this one seems pretty myopic.
In between the cussing and ranting we get,
quote: "We don't need old media for shit".
Odd, as the original eye opening Ted William's video was created by a paid Columbus Dispatch multimedia editor with eyes out for interesting stories.
One of my issues with youtube has always been that you have to wade through a steaming pile of poop to find the few things worth watching.
Walker
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One of my issues with youtube has always been that you have to wade through a steaming pile of poop to find the few things worth watching.
Not necessarily... the easy ability to share via Youtube is what makes it a perfect platform for viral content like this. Odds are, most people saw that video passed around on a twitter, embedded on Facebook, or posted on a blog or news site before they randomly stumbled upon it on YouTube.
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Walker wrote >>
cc wrote >>
One of my issues with youtube has always been that you have to wade through a steaming pile of poop to find the few things worth watching.Not necessarily... the easy ability to share via Youtube is what makes it a perfect platform for viral content like this. Odds are, most people saw that video passed around on a twitter, embedded on Facebook, or posted on a blog or news site before they randomly stumbled upon it on YouTube.
Exactly.
genrecreative
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Renetto is out of control.
Walker
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All Sides With Ann Fisher
WOSU 89.7FM Tuesday 1/11/11
11:00 AM - Social Media & Pop Culture
FROM HERE: http://www.wosu.org/allsides/?archive=1&date=01/11/2011
Last week a video of Ted Williams, a homeless man with a “golden radio voice,†went viral on the internet bringing him fame and employment, we’ll talk about the impact of social media on the news media and popular culture, with Columbus Dispatch photographer Doral Chenowith III, who made the Ted Williams and John Glenn School Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism Director Debra Jasper.
Streaming MP3: http://streaming.osu.edu/wosu/allsides/011111b.mp3
Walker
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How "Ted Williams, the Golden Voice homeless man" video got on YouTube:
http://blog.dispatch.com/blog-36/2011/01/how_ted_williams_the_golden_vo.shtml
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