Here’s a wedding invitation that will almost certainly go viral and launch careers in the creative industries for its creators Jeffrey Wong and Erin Martin. Assuming of course they aren’t at the top of the game already. Its heartwarming, delightful, human and funny. Good luck Jeffrey and Erin.
Via Oli Barrett.
With the UK gripped by arctic conditions last week there was an almost blanket appeal by almost media outlets for photos and videos.
Yet a visit to Flickr or YouTube would provide any researcher or journalist with a stream of Creative Commons output tagged by location that could be incorporated within their news reporting.
But to date mainstream media has made limited use of social network as a newsgathering source.
One exception is Trinity Mirror owned ncjMedia which has created a Flickr group that it uses as a source of reader images for The Journal’s Your Place Northumberland project.
So why doesn’t mainstream media make greater use of Flickr and YouTube for newsgathering?
Ged Carroll suggested to me over the weekend that mainstream media sourced user generated content (UGC) direct as it was a means of engaging directly with its audience.
Craig McGill said that he thought that mainstream media didn’t make greater use of UGC social networks as it is reluctant to credit third part sources – and that understanding of Creating Commons was limited.
The BNP’s leader Nick Griffin used the platform of BBC Question Time last night to lay bare his views. The remix genius that is Casetteboy has provided an excellent summary. Democracy is alive and well on the internet.
Nick Bishop (@nbishop), who heads up the Economist account in our corporate team, shared this Economist video with me this morning.
It plots the pace of changing face of media and devices and is fast becoming a hit on the Economist YouTube channel.
Have a look. I promise you’ll enjoy it!
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If you’ve got children you’ll enjoy this segment from The Onion News Network’s Morning Show: Today Now! The show’s resident net mum provides advice on keeping track of your kids online.
Red Narrative’s Luke Bozier is advising Dr Ashraf Ghani, leading contender to replace President Karzai in this August’s presidential election in Afghanistan.
Luke is guiding a two-pronged social media strategy:
The campaign has two local language sites: http://ashrafghani.af/pashto and http://ashrafghani.af/dari, a Twitter feed and a campaigning channel on YouTube.
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You must have a TV Licence costing £142.50 to watch TV in the UK. But the fragmentation of media and distribution channels is leading to some interesting situations:
Confused? I was until I checked out the TV Licensing web site. Here’s what it says:
“[...] if you use any device to watch or record television programmes at the same time (or virtually the same time) as they’re being shown on TV, the law requires you to be covered by a TV Licence.”
There is almost certainly trouble ahead for the TV Licensing Authority as viewers increasingly download programmes from content providers after they have been broadcast. Don’t you think?
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I’ve no doubt that everyone in agency land will recognise elements from this witty YouTube video in their negotiations with some prospects.
Thanks to our FD Gemma Curtis (@GemmaCurtis) for forwarding.
