The inevitable burst of the video bubble

The V-word was on everyone’s lips at our Monetising Media conference last week. Debates raged about production, distribution and of course, monetisation of video, but are the benefits of video really all they’re cracked up to be? The Media Briefing’s flagship State of the Media Industry Report 2017 (coming soon) highlights the importance of video…

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Hillary Clinton’s fainting video is making money for Rupert Murdoch – Recode

GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container End Google Tag Manager Container If you want to show the 20-second clip, you need to pay Storyful, News Corp’s viral video agency. Providence End Providence Phonograph End Phonograph Source: Hillary Clinton’s fainting video is making money...

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Social media is on the rise, but not like you’d expect – Columbia Journalism Review

Photo: AP The Reuters Digital News Report is co-sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and is available online at digitalnewsreport.org. Reuters is launching their 2016 Digital News Report at the Tow Center this afternoon. Click here for the livestream. Check back later for Emily Bell’s presentation of Tow research on the close relationship…

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Corey Lewandowski to join CNN – POLITICO

06/23/16 01:54 PM EDT Updated 06/23/16 04:29 PM EDT Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. It’s a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately. The hiring comes just three days after Trump fired Lewandowski, ending…

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