Video Blogs, or Vlogs.

[pricescope]

Interesting article in New York Times(free registration required): TV Stardom on $20 a Day. Talking about popular video blogs.

Rocketboom, for instance, reaches more than 100,000 fans a day.

"In case you're wondering, it has occurred to Mr. Baron and Ms. Congdon that they just might be sitting on a gold mine. At a cost of about $20 an episode, they reach an audience that some days is roughly comparable in size to that of, say, CNN's late, unlamented "Crossfire" political debate show."
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"THE rapid expansion in the number of vlogs and Web sites offering video podcasts strongly suggests how bored viewers are getting with standard commercial TV: a growing number of them are willing to seek out alternatives online, or just create one themselves."
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"The best vlogs, like Scratch Video and Minnesota Stories, above, can turn personal narrative about the tedious or mundane into microdocumentaries of wit, beauty and intelligence. A year ago there were fewer than two dozen active vlogs; now there are some 2,000."

Other vlogs mentioned:

• Rocketboom - Rocketboom.com
  
  
• Mom's Brag Vlog - nealey.blogspot.com
  
  
• Michael Verdi - MichaelVerdi.com
  
  
• Minnesota Stories - mnstories.com
  
  
• Secret Vlog Injection - blogumentary.typepad.com/vlog
  
  
• Scratch Video - scratchvideo.tv
  
  
• Karmagrrrl - smashface.com/vlog (Rocketboom's LA correspondent, Zadi Diaz)
  
  
• Augenblick - dltq.org/augenblick (Serbia's first vlogger, Mile Matejic)
  
  
• Taylor Street Studio - taylorstreetstudio.com (Portland, OR vlog pioneer, Will Luers)

 

[debi wexler]

This vlogging is very fascinating. It makes working on the computer so much more sociable - it''s a great way to meet new people and actually reach out ---- without too many strings attached.

Thanks for sharing.