TMZ CNN OJ and My iPod
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So I was on the train last night to our monthly Internet Marketers of New York get together and I bring my video iPod with me to catch up on my podcasts. I don’t watch the news on TV or listen on radio, I will occasionally scan Google news other than that if it’s not important enough to make the headlines of any of the social media sites I visit each day, it’s probably not important enough for me to know about (there’s something to be learned from that).
One bit of “conventional” media I do watch is Anderson Coopers 360 podcast. I like Anderson and that wry clever snarky cynical sense of humor, but more importantly I really watch him because it’s available in podcast form, which means I can digest it in the format I want where and when I want (there something to be learned there). Additionally there really isn’t any other general news video podcasts I can find, either because the itunes interface sucks, or no one else is offering one (there is a missed opportunity there)
In the latest broadcast they talked about the OJ theft/arrest scandal. All of the networks CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, PBS, NPR and everyone else got scooped when the AOL owned TMZ.com (yes AOL) got the audio recordings of the OJ incident first (thats something worth noting).
Is traditional media taking notice that internet sites are beating them to the punch? Do they realize they no longer control the distribution medium and stories like “Don’t Tase Me Bro” are reaching people via YouTube? When your news divisions have lost their edge and start to look more like yesterdays newspaper (literally and figuratively), it’s time to shake things up and make some changes … before it’s too late …
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