{"id":106,"date":"2008-11-17T00:41:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T04:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unwantedknowledge.com\/knowledge\/?p=106"},"modified":"2008-11-17T12:21:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T16:21:43","slug":"youtube-the-president-elects-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unwantedknowledge.com\/knowledge\/2008\/11\/youtube-the-president-elects-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Youtube, the President (Elect’s) Platform…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is not an industry comment, but a social one.\u00a0 President Elect Obama posted and says his will continue to post his weekly address to the nation on YouTube<\/a>, in addition to the traditional media.\u00a0 I want to thank president elect Obama for his foresight and his understanding of “my generation.”\u00a0\u00a0 This is something that the lame-duck president in office has never understood.\u00a0\u00a0 Obama may relate to the internet generation because those who voted and supported overwhelmingly for him were part of it.\u00a0 We may not all be young, but we definitely grew up with internet technology, email, IM, etc.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t believe I have ever listened to or watch a weekly presidential address other than when it interrupted a regularly scheduled program, or there were highlights on Meet the Press or one of my other Sunday morning political programs.<\/p>\n

Obama has embraced the new media and changed the game forever.\u00a0 Not only will US citizens be watching this, but the world.\u00a0 If Youtube is the platform, does that mean Google will also get a bail-out if it can’t find a way to make it profitable?\u00a0\u00a0 Will the FCC start regulating what can and can’t be said, watched, etc. on the Internet or will it stay self-regulated?\u00a0 What will the television network do online?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When will the networks realize that they are not limited by their own content and start promoting other quality programing which is not just supplemental to what is available through traditional broadcasts?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where are cutting room clips?\u00a0\u00a0 Where is the behind the curtain web show?<\/p>\n

Networks, we want more of the same, but more creativity also.\u00a0 It is hard to be creative in a slow economy, but just like for the start-ups, now is the time to make the time investment, which can have the new revenue streams ‘rushing’ once the money starts flowing again.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> AOL TW’s social network, Bebo will be featuring content other than their own in an area called Bebo originals<\/a>.\u00a0 At least one of the mega-media players are forward thinking.\u00a0 Based on my cable service I would not have thought they were capable.\u00a0 Maybe the dinasaurs will follow suit once they see the potential for profit.<\/p>\n

Think of the internet right now like the minor leagues.\u00a0 They still draw in the crowds, make money for the owners and it allows a way to develop the talent before they are needed in the majors.\u00a0 I am not saying that the Internet is not a viable platform on its own, and it is, but just that it would be more effective with major media support and marketing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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