A lot of people assumed that Golden Voiced Ted Williams left rehab to return to the streets, drugs and booze in hand? But this morning Ted set the record straight on The Early Show.
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NBC News’ MSNBC Digital Network and TODAYshow.com reported strong showings in January in terms of video streaming.
The MSNBC Digital Network tallied 161.7 million total online video streams for the month, fueled by the shootings in Arizona, flooding in Australia, mudslides in Brazil, President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union address, and the political turmoil in Egypt. The January figure topped the previous record from June 2009, which featured coverage of the death of Michael Jackson, by 6 percent.
And the Web site for NBC’s morning stalwart, Today, set a new site record with 63.1 million streams in January, surpassing the old mark of 58 million, which was set in August 2010. Former homeless radio announcer Ted Williams, a woman who had been kidnapped more than 23 years ago, the upcoming royal wedding, the winter weather, and the Arizona shootings were strong factors.
Ted Williams, the homeless man whose voice made him an overnight sensation last week, has decided to check himself into rehab after admitting to Dr. Phil that he has been drinking daily.
It’s been quite a week for Ted Williams. He’s been interviewed on NBC and CBS, gotten voiceover gigs from MSNBC, Kraft and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the latest news is that he was detained by police.
Nobody started 2011 out on a better note than Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden. Check out the heartwarming story of his first week of fame after the jump.
This week over 13 million people watched the ‘Homeless Man with the Golden Voice’, the viral video that changed Ted Williams’ life. The video featured homeless Ted, panhandling on the street offering his voice skills for money, and sharing a sample of his golden announcer voice for a dollar with Doral Chenoweth, a videographer for The Columbus Dispatch website. Chenoweth uploaded the video to YouTube in order to share Williams’ skills with the world and hopefully catch him a break. 13 million YouTube views later he did, but if you want to see the original video now you’ll have to do it on The Dispatch website because the YouTube has removed the video due to a copyright claim.
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