Ninjas everywhere are celebrating the International Day of the Ninja, an annual Dec 5th event popularized by the Ninja of Ask a Ninja. If you haven’t noticed ninjas celebrating the day yet, well, it’s because they are ninjas. And if you have been lucky to see ninjas celebrating, they’re probably nonjas. If you’re a non-ninja […]

When we talked with Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron recently, he cited the idea of creating a spectacle as one of the ways to create great viral video. “Videos of spectacle translate on the net,” notes Baron, “An idea that is very original and unique, while extreme, can be videotaped and put up on YouTube to get […]

MTV Networks is planning to make every clip from every episode of South Park available online for free next year. The decision follows the recent introduction of an all-you-can-eat Web 2.0-style video site for fellow Viacom media property The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show site offers 13,000 high-quality clips, from episodes dating […]

The December issue of Wired has a profile of Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris that reveals why Universal has seemed to be aimless in its reaction to the growth of Internet music. “There’s no one in the record industry that’s a technologist,” Morris explains. “That’s a misconception writers make all the time, that the […]

TechCrunch published a controversial piece of linkbait over the Thanksgiving holiday on the “secret” strategies behind successful viral videos. The essay, by Dan Ackerman Greenberg, suggested that the days of indie video podcasts like Ask A Ninja becoming viral hits through hard work and creativity are gone. “The Wild West days of Lonely Girl and […]

TechCrunch published a guest essay over the holiday on the secret strategies behind successful “viral videos”. The essay, by Dan Ackerman Greenberg, is the most interesting thing I’ve seen on TechCrunch in ages. The essay is also a real linkbaiter – suggesting that the days of video podcasts like Ask A Ninja becoming viral hits […]

Billionaire blogger & HD video guru Mark Cuban has an interesting perspective on the controversy over the issue of Internet companies blocking P2P traffic: “BLOCK P2P TRAFFIC , PLEASE,” asks Cuban. “As a consumer, I want my internet experience to be as fast as possible. The last thing I want slowing my internet service down […]

This is so funny that I though I should blog about it, and maybe Twitter about it, and then maybe mention it in the podcast, and tell my Facebook friends….. via Cinnamon Pants

If you read Podcasting News, you’re a genius, according to the Blog Readability Test. The test offers a readability rating, based on the level of education needed to read a blog or site. We always knew you were smart! via Cali Lewis

Pioneering sci-fi podcaster Scott Sigler, creator of the EarthCore and Ancestor podcast novels, wants to kill you. He’s working on his latest novel/podcast, Nocturnal, and he needs some people to kill off. Here are the gory details: “I’m running a contest where your name can be the name of a victim in NOCTURNAL. All you […]