podcasting
Morning Coffee Reading: the video podcast is back, baby, back!
Meanwhile, AI can replace your site for a pittance, and the original sin of the 2010s exposed via Game of Thrones coverage…
YouTube
Cuttings #10: YouTube is coming for your news
YouTube wants your news videos — and your podcasts (but ad-free). Plus more evidence that we need to get serious about video… again.
Video
Freewell's All Day Filters for the Osmo Pocket
The DJI Osmo Pocket is already a capable video camera - but can some serious filters make it even more versatile?
mic
About the video "pivot" in progress
Mic is yet another site laying off writers to hire video people [https://mic.com/articles/183893/mic-cuts-more-than-20-people-company-wide-in-move-to-become-a-leader-in-visual-journalism#.7qhRG6Zpo] : > Mic laid off 25 employees on Thursday as part of a restructuring that will see the company shift its focus to video and other forms of visual journalism, according to
iPhone
iPhone 7 versus a real movie camera
As you might expect, the real (and hideously expensive) movie camera blows the phone away.But here’s the thing — in all but the very low light situations, the iPhone footage is remarkably good looking. And the iPhone has been shooting video for less than a decade: the first one
Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed doubles UK video production office
Jessica Davies [http://digiday.com/publishers/inside-buzzfeeds-uk-hiring-spree-staff-international-branded-video-hub/] : > BuzzFeed’s shift to video is taking hold in its U.K. operations. The digital media company is doubling the size of its London office so it can house two new studios with a particular focus on sponsor video. The goal: to
Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed splits - but both halves get custody of video
Buzzfeed is restructuring by splitting into entertainment and news divisions. CEO Jonah Peretti makes an interesting point: > Having a single ‘video department’ in 2016 makes about as much sense as having a ‘mobile department.’ Instead of organizing around a format or technology, we will organize our work to take
distributed content
Quartz gets serious about experimenting with video
Interesting [announcement from Quartz editor Kevin Delaney, explaining why the business site is about to get serious about video [http://qz.com/413280/from-the-editor-how-quartz-is-doing-video/]: > We’re now entering into video production, with a small team of experienced digital video journalists experimenting ambitiously with new formats, techniques, and distribution. That