Characters will meet character limits at this year’s O Music Awards, MTV’s Webby Award-winning show that celebrates all things “offbeat, outrageous, and online.” Because there’s no soap box quite like social media, the television network has announced a brand new category, “Most Intense Social Spat,” to reward the awful things celebrities write to their fans, their moms, and each other.
Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save. 
NEW YORK – Sustainable revenue was on everyone’s mind at the APPNATION NYC Mobile + TV 3.0 Summit in SoHo this morning. In a keynote roundtable moderated by APPNATION president and event chairman Drew Ianni, leading executives discussed the future of the mobile app economy.
We’ve put together a list of ten of the most popular 2012 Super Bowl commercials to be released so far. Which is your favorite?
This past Sunday the 11th Annual No Pants Subway Ride, hosted by Improve Everywhere, took place in subways across the world, from New York to Madrid. While the official Improv Everywhere video is still in the works, video footage from participants is slowly filtering into YouTube and one great video, from YouTuber John Pham aka phampants features the No Pants Subway Ride in Chicago…getting broken up by the police!
Seeing how New Years is just around the corner, now seemed like as good a time as any to jot down a few of my thoughts about what the next year has in store for the online video industry. Check out my 7 predictions for online video in 2012. What do you think the coming year has in store for online video?
The 2012 Miss America Pageant broadcasts live from Las Vegas on January 14, but the show has already started on YouTube. This year, each of the 53 Miss America contestants have created their very own YouTube video, showing off their style and personality, and fans are invited to vote for their favorite finalist.
This New Years Eve when the clock strikes midnight, snap a picture of yourself and submit it to Project Midnight to be part of the biggest crowd sourced New Years Eve project in history.
In Spring 2012 the second annual DigiTour kicks off, complete with a group of headlining YouTube artists including Dave Days, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe, Nice Peter and The Key of Awesome.
“2012 is coming! 2012 is coming!” No, this isn’t an apocalyptic chant; it’s a fact: the 2012 Presidential Election is fast approaching. But, before Republicans and Democrats start looking forward, they should look North. Canada just had a Federal election dubbed “the social media election”, and there’s plenty they can learn about social media and politics.
The 2012 presidential election is still 20 months away, but the social media horse race has begun. We know how President Obama is using the tool. But where do his potential GOP contenders stack up?
