The newscast belongs on the telly

17 Jun 2007

Angela Grant has it right.

I think a "newscast" on the Internet is the inappropriate repurposing of TV to the Web. If I want to view a string of videos, I want them to be of my choosing. Produce enough video, organize them, make them searchable and shareable and the "channel" of programming will develop. The users will create the playlist.

I've looked at a lot of the Web newscasts and I have difficulty staying with them to the end, even if they are not longer than five minutes.

Do newscasts on news Web sites work for you?

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Posted by Jack D. Lail on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 10:38 AM | 0 TrackBacks

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Unless it's something I'm really, really interested in, I usually ff through the whole thing and catch the conclusion. But then again, I'm normally only watching for the local news anchor babes and the stories are irrelevant. ;)

Byron | June 19, 2007 10:29 AM | Reply

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