YouTube launched in February 2005. By the summer of 2006 it was delivering 2 to 2.5 billion views a month. That made it a very big deal. In October Google purchased it for $1.65 billion. With the Google imprimatur and that volume of delivery the media world began to take it seriously. The silly video [...]
by Bob Boynton
This is a two-fer. It is about one of the elements it takes for both sides of the line to work. It is also about coverage by media organizations. The two are joined in a murderous event in Afghanistan.
The event: on March 5, 2007 a convoy of US troops in Afghanistan was attacked [...]
by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.
When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]
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by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera English had a report from the Taliban side of the line, and BBC World had breaking news about a planned British movement of more soldiers into the contested province. It was both sides of the line by duet.
News organizations that aspire to a global audience — as do Aljazeera English, BBC World, [...]
February 25, 2007 – 1:17 am
by Bob Boynton
News organizations that aspire to a global audience want to be on both sides of the line. The classic case is CNN reporting from Baghdad when the first Bush president was bombing. It made the reputation of the station. They had the only reporter in town, and he was broadcasting from his hotel [...]
February 17, 2007 – 1:24 am
by Bob Boynton
There was — what was his name? — the speaker of the US House of Representatives. He made it into the global news once a year when he stood behind the president who was giving his state of the union speech.
Well, there is a new speaker of the House and here [...]
February 15, 2007 – 2:12 am
by Bob Boynton
Al-Zawahiri was back just in time for valentine day [February 14].
This time it was an audio tape so they had to use a photo they already had on hand. Apparently photos of al-Zawahiri are in short supply since this is the same photo they used only a few days earlier. See When Al-Zawahiri [...]
February 8, 2007 – 5:02 pm
by Bob Boynton
As CNN phrased it — the military judge quashed the defense of lieutenant Watada. According to the judge he could not defend his refusal to go to Iraq on the basis that it is an illegal war nor could he defend his public statements against the war on the grounds of freedom of [...]
February 8, 2007 – 12:15 am
by Bob Boynton
It starts with lieutenant Watada. This is the way CNN World introduced their report.
Anti-war activists consider 1st Lt. Ehren Watada a hero for his refusal to go to Iraq.
The Army accuses him of betraying his fellow soldiers.
He is a hero or he is betraying his fellow soldiers. The contrasting views of the lieutenant’s [...]
January 27, 2007 – 1:47 am
by Bob Boynton
Imagine you are 500 strong and hiding in the most remote regions of your counrty. How in the world would you get Aljazeera [English] and CNN World to report on your existance and work?
Branding — we are al-Qaeda!
All you have to do is say al-Qaeda and the global media get excited. Another al-Qaeda [...]
