Comments on: Head-of-state vlogging http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/02/head-of-state-vlogging/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Insight » Blog Archive » 2007 Trends - Hear Me, See Me. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/02/head-of-state-vlogging/#comment-265336 Insight » Blog Archive » 2007 Trends - Hear Me, See Me. Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:53:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2337#comment-265336 [...] Two years later and the BBC predicts that 10% of TV viewing is soon be done the web. We also see French and German politicians using video to communicate to their constituents and Starbucks using it as a PR tool. Prosumer video makers can make money from advertising through sites like Revver and AOL has just launched a service that lets people sell their videos. And as YouTube cracks down on some of the more risque content found in its archive, plenty of competitors like Stickam are springing up to provide access to whatever video content you choose to peruse. [...] [...] Two years later and the BBC predicts that 10% of TV viewing is soon be done the web. We also see French and German politicians using video to communicate to their constituents and Starbucks using it as a PR tool. Prosumer video makers can make money from advertising through sites like Revver and AOL has just launched a service that lets people sell their videos. And as YouTube cracks down on some of the more risque content found in its archive, plenty of competitors like Stickam are springing up to provide access to whatever video content you choose to peruse. [...]

]]> By: Kim Hill http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/02/head-of-state-vlogging/#comment-264941 Kim Hill Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:27:39 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2337#comment-264941 A quibble here, but since you're interested in Germany, I'll add it... Angela Merkel is not head of state; she is head of government. In Germany's system, the President is the head of state. The current office-holder is Horst Köhler. A quibble here, but since you’re interested in Germany, I’ll add it…

Angela Merkel is not head of state; she is head of government. In Germany’s system, the President is the head of state. The current office-holder is Horst Köhler.

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