The Wall St. Journal reports today that video podcaster and energetic force of nature Gary Vaynerchuk has signed a “seven-figure, 10-book deal” with publisher Harper Studio. The first of the series, “Crush It! Turn Your Passion into Profits in a Digital World,” will be published in September. The publishing contract is noteworthy for a couple […]

Wine Library TV’s Gary Vaynerchuk has a great story to tell about getting your site hacked and dealing with bad publicity in real time. Do you think a large corporation can react like this – in “new media time”? via TechCrunch

Parnassus Group (and a bunch of sponsors) will be hosting the third annual “It Won’t Stay In Vegas” party during CES, Friday, January 9, at the Atomic Testing Museum.  Promoters tout the attendance by and participation of Robert Scoble, as well as Gary Vaynerchuk, and Andru Edwards. Say the party organizers: “Gary Vaynerchuk has picked […]

Among the announcements Monday from Internet TV network Revision 3 was the discontinuation of its licensing agreement with the popular video podcast, Wine Library TV. Rev3 had produced a special edition of the show featuring highlights of the daily series called Wine Library Reserve. I caught up with the creator and host of Wine Library […]

Revision 3, the video podcast production network launched by Digg founders Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, today announced the elimination of three of its original shows. The layoffs are said to include nine staff members. The cancelled shows are Pop Siren, Internet Superstar, and the longer-running Photoshop show Pixel Perfect. Of the two newer shows, […]

Wine Library‘s Gary Vaynerchuk hits the nail on the head with this awesome rant on the state of advertising in the economic downturn.

A midlife crisis inspired Gary Vaynerchuk to start his video podcast, Wine Library TV, which is primarily about wine, but also about action figures, the New York Jets, thunder, and Vaynerchuk himself and his quirky onscreen persona.

That quirky persona and unpretentious wine expertise has propelled “Gary Vee” to popularity on the Internet and in the mainstream media, leading to television appearances on “Ellen”, “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” and other shows. More recently, Gary Vee has authored a book, Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World.

Podcasting News’ Publisher, Elisabeth McLaury Lewin, sat down with Vaynerchuk this weekend for an exclusive interview, which looks at how he got into podcasting, using podcasts to establish a person brand, great wines for flood cleanup and a few secrets, along the way.