Anyone wondering what it’s like to be a VJ. Here’s a story of one VJ covering another. From KGTV a station that is transitioning their reporters and phtogs to VJs. You can learn more about that at http://rosenblumtv.wordpress.com/.

In the 2004 presidential election I did not watch many of the debates. I had no need to. The day after the debate I would watch the 24 hour news networks and would see all the highlights with a chance to absorb them in and hear commentary from various pundits on TV. It was great.

The problem is for me it’s not 2004 any more. I have for the most part stopped watching TV news (shhh don’t tell anyone). Instead I read newspaper and TV websites and more often then not I get my commentary and additional insight from blogs. So I was under the assumption that the day after this recent debate I would see video clips galore online and in blogs. Not the case. Why? Because as Jeff Jarvis pointed out MSNBC “is acting like the bratty and unpopular rich kid who takes him marbles and harumphs home, ruining the game for everyone.”

MSNBC’s antiquated policies on the usage of debate video have left me feeling completely clueless. Now I surely can read about the debate online, but it just isn’t the same as seeing the clips. So please MSNBC stop ruining the game for everyone.

(First off, don’t you love the use of the Cavuto mark?) I’m not sure how I missed this in February, but a study by Borrell Associates found that newspapers are making more money off online video than TV stations.
From a MarketWatch blog:

The media research firm found that newspapers are making more money from online video advertising than local TV stations, $81 million to $32 million – almost 3 to 1. In each of three markets, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, local advertisers spent more than $5 million for streaming video commercials.

This reminds me of a recent conversation on LostRemote.com where TV folks were upset that the blog was featuring more and more innovating things that newspapers are doing versus TV stations. The problem is most TV stations aren’t doing innovative things online. My best guess as to why is because most TV stations want all their online video to have the same production value as the video that goes on the broadcast show. Compare that to newspapers that are realizing the long tail and are working to get as much video up as possible. Or maybe newspapers are better at sending out press releases. OK fine I’ll admit, I’m now biased.

Thanks to Lucas Grindley for pointing it out in his post on how the Netflix move to “Watch Now” is a Sign of the Times (see I can still use TV brands).