NY:MIEG Events for 2009
December 29, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
OUR 2009 EVENTS AT A GLANCE
(dates and topics subject to change)
JANUARY 29, 2009: The current economic situation and it’s impact on the media/entertainment industry
FEBRUARY 26, 2009: Selling Yourself/Brand U in the new digital world
MARCH 26, 2009: Video on the Web/Online Sports and Games
APRIL 23, 2009: Serious Games for Marketing, Training & Learning
MAY 21, 2009: Radio, Satellite, Web Audio & Beyond
JUNE 25, 2009: Our Annual Careers in Media/Entertainment and Technology
JULY 23, 2009: Author in Residence #1
AUGUST 20, 2009: Author in Residence #2
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009: MultiCultural Marketing
OCTOBER 29, 2009: Accessability/508, Transparency & Authenticity
NOVEMBER 19, 2009: Networking Online and Offline: Surviving Holiday Events
DECEMBER 17, 2009: Our Annual Holiday Event
SPECIAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM THE OBAMA GIRL
December 26, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
CLICK HERE FOR A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY GREETING FROM AMBER LEE ETTINGER, THE OBAMA GIRL
(you’ll be hearing and seeing more from Amber Lee at an upcoming NY:MIEG event so stay tuned!)
Thanks Obama Girl…and Happy Holidays to you too!
BNET and AdAge on Klivakoff NY:MIEG Breakfast!
December 19, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Two for the price of one!
The story on “AdAge 3-Minute Video” yesterday was so great BNET (CBS/CNET) picked it up and went with it as well.
Special thanks to Steve Raddock at AdAge for the great footage.
NBC’s Kliavkoff: Digital Drives TV Viewership
By Catharine P. Taylor | December 18th, 2008
As media continues to fragment into millions of finely-targeted shards, much is being made about how increased usage of digital media affects usage of existing media. As one example, NBC Universal’s outgoing chief digital officer, George Kliavkoff, says that online streaming of video content actually drives TV viewership.
Kliavkoff, speaking yesterday at a New York Media Information Exchange Group breakfast, noted, “If someone watches a primetime show online, it actually drives incremental television viewership in following weeks. It’s sort of an opportunity for people to catch up on a drama and stay with the story.” Read more
Who Will Lasoo The Future of Digital Media?
December 17, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Illustration by David G. Klein courtesy of The New York Times
Thanks to our friends at NYConvergence for a great overview of the Kliavkoff Breakfast
Media’s Digital Future Discussed at NY:MIEG Event
NYConvergence ORIGINAL
At the third annual NY:MIEG holiday breakfast this morning, NBC Universal Chief Digital Officer George Kliavkoff participated in a Q&A session with Limor Schafman, president of The KeystoneTech Group. The conversation centered around media’s digital past and future. Read more
Tectonic Shifts in Digital Media
December 17, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Thank you to Eleanor Haas of The Calyx Group LLC for a great writeup about our breakfast this morning (Dec 17, 2008).
More later this week!
“Tectonic” - pertaining to changes in the earth’s crust. “Tectonic shift” was something George Kliavkoff said at least three times in the course of his NYMIEG interview on December 17th. Probably not surprising from the Chief Digital Officer at NBC Universal at this moment in media history. And those three were only a few of many implied.
The first shift he mentioned was the shift of media and advertising to digital platforms as ROI becomes increasingly important to marketers. At the moment, he commented, some pockets of advertising will slow but overall, we can expect to see a flight to quality - to premium content, such as NBC’s www.hulu.com. Read more
Monday 12/15 DigIn! Radio with Limor Schafman
December 12, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Limor Schafman
If you don’t already know it by now, Limor Schafman is a good friend, trusted advisor, colleague and one of the best moderators and panelists we’ve had at our NY:MIEG events.
As a matter of fact, Limor will be hosting our breakfast on Dec 17th with George Kliavkoff
Her new show “DigIn!” is heard weekly on BlogTalkRadio and is awesome!
“DigIn! Radio - Mobients Speaks on Developing Mobile Applications” on Monday, December 15 at 4:00pm.
“The Nexus for Technology, Business & People”
Where: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Limor-Schafman
Mixing it up in NYC: Obama 2.0 and We Media
November 15, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
(left to right) Ellis Henican (standing), Michael Oreskes, Rachel Sterne, Amanda Michel & Brian Reich
A special shout out to Dale Peskin for a fantastic write up about our event on Thursday (November 13th) at Samsung. This was the first of what we plan to be many exciting events with iFOCOS and
We Media.
Many thanks to Bill Sobel, the New York: Media Information Exchange Group and bright-eyed and just-plain-bright conversation leaders at our first breakfast club discussion at the Samsung Experience in NYC on Thursday. Read more
NY:MIEG Panel on November 13th
November 14, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Moderator Ellis Henican
Panelists Michael Oreskes, Rachel Sterne, Amanda Michel and Brian Reich
First off…a thank you to our incredble panel at our event “The President & The Media: Who’s In Charge Here?” featuring 5 of the best speakers we ever had. Read more
NY:MIEG Event in Newsday
November 9, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
Special thanks to my buddy Ellis Henican in his column in Newsday today (Sunday Nov. 9, 2008) for a great write-up about our breakfast event this coming Thursday.
RACING AHEAD: Guerrilla blogs, social-network sites, 24-hour cable, print, wires and assorted smashups of each: No wonder Campaign 2008 felt like a breakneck new-media-old-media-any-media collision course! But Brian Reich (EchoDitto), Amanda Michel (Off the Bus), Rachel Sterne (Ground Report) and Michael Oreskes (AP) will measure the skid marks and reveal what’s up ahead at “The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really in Charge,” Thursday, 7:30 a.m., in the Samsung Experience in the Time Warner Center, sponsored by the new-media visionaries at iFOCOS and NY: MIEG.
FOR THE COMPLETE ARTICLE FROM NEWSDAY CLICK HERE
From NYConvergence: “What’s Funny Online”
October 23, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
- Jane Borden, Sarah Bernard, Sam Reich, Fred Graver, Lou Wallach (photo courtesy of Bill Cammack)
Panelists Discuss What’s Funny Online
This morning at the Samsung Experience in the Time Warner Center, Fred Graver, best known for his role in the creation of VH1’s Best Week Ever, Sarah Bernard, president of 23/6, Sam Reich, director of original content at College Humor, and Lou Wallach, senior vice president, original programming and development at Comedy Central, discussed comedy and media on a panel moderated by Time Out New York’s Jane Borden for the New York: Media Information Exchange Group (NY:MIEG).
The panelists covered a number of topics such as Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate and how the selection has benefited comedy writers, how comedy works differently on the Internet, and the age demographic of visitors to online comedy Web sites.
All of the panelists agreed that Palin’s selection has been “comedy gold.” Reich noted that College Humor’s first forway into political humor was a trailer about a fake Disney movie based on her life to date. Bernard called her the “story that keeps on giving.”
Graver emphasized how the Internet has changed the rules and Wallach said that there’s no barrier to entry into getting your comedy in front of audiences thanks to the Internet. Reich noted that Internet audiences and television audiences are very different though. Apparently, focus groups for College Humor’s upcoming show on MTV found the skits based on their office more appealing than anything else in the original pilot.
There was some controversy when Reich talked about how it’s hard to appeal to women with online comedy Web sites. Bernard quickly shot him down, pointing out that his Web site doesn’t make the effort with its regular feature highlighting scantily-clad, college-age women.
(Editor’s Note: NY:MIEG is a client of Trylon SMR.)
