Scott Kirsner, Author of the new book: Friends, Fans & Followers – Part III
Posted on: April 17, 2009
Posted in: Business, Delivery, Editing, Instruction, Video
The final installment of my interview with journalist, author and new media aficionado Scott Kirsner. In it, I ask him about his site, Cinematech.com and what motivated him to start blogging about cinema technology. Then, we talk about his new book, Fans Friends and Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. Some of the things he writes about in it are; ways to connect with your audience, the Internet as a distribution channel, coming up with new business models and monetizing your work. We go on to speak about Boxee and some of the stumbling blocks that are delaying the ability to play media from the Internet on your TV. And finally, I mistakenly let Scott do the wrap-up, in which he bestows all too much praise upon the work we do at HDFilmtools.com in a sinister effort to get your humble interviewer to blush.
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April 18th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I found this third installment interesting, especially about Scott’s book ” Fans Friends and Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age”. Your discussion highlighted the fact of wikinomics and the impact of the social media/web2.0 revolution on production, participation and potential profits.
Your site is a great resource to the community and long may it be visited and referenced by all.
Yours,
James Wood
Team HD
HD-Productions.biz
April 19th, 2009 at 7:24 am
HDfilmtools,
I like this interview a lot and agree with Scott Kirsner. In addition, I believe it was a bad move for the networks to abandon hulu. They have no choice, this is the way the world of media word is moving. Sometimes it’s not about the money, they must continue to experiment. If they don’t take a chances, they will stay stuck in traditional methods of programming (That’s more dangerous). And of course sites like youtube will find and post their content anyway.
Look out for widgets, that could play a part in the future of programming and its monetization.
May 14th, 2010 at 9:07 am
A year later I find this interview series as relevant and informative as ever.
In this changing economic climate it is important for creatives to reframe their expectations of monetary compensation in order to envision a sustainable lifestyle. As long as we are growing creatively, the hope is that we will find untapped markets and potential streams of revenue to support the work that we do as artists, thinkers and world citizens.
Anxiously awaiting the next interview,
Melissa J.