6 posts and columns on Howcast

Voices

You Sold Your Company, What Did You Buy First? Here’s What I Did.

in Voices on August 5, 2011 at 11:01 am PT

Having some money all of a sudden is a weird thing. I’ve always wondered what entrepreneurs do when they hit it. What do they buy, if at all?

News Byte

Howcast Co-Founder Jumps to Daily Beast

in Media on May 3, 2011 at 8:51 am PT

Daniel Blackman, a Google vet who co-founded how-to video startup Howcast four years ago, has left the company and is now chief digital officer at Newsweek/Daily Beast Co., the print/Web mashup now run by Tina Brown. Blackman sent out a group e-mail announcing the change this morning; I’ve asked him and Howcast co-founder Jason Liebman for comment.

News Byte

YouTube Dips Its Toe into Live Streaming

in News on September 13, 2010 at 12:54 am PT

Google’s YouTube is starting its long-awaited move into live video streaming this morning with a limited test of its new platform: Two days of scheduled live programs from four partner channels–Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. The results of the test will help determine when the live-streaming capability will be rolled out to additional partners. Watching closely will be current players in the space, including Livestream and Ustream.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Eric Schmidt and the Technorati Visit the State Department.

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 12:29 pm PT

Sick of CES news? Are you in Washington, D.C., tonight? Feel like some ambitious party-crashing? Here’s a dinner to get yourself into: The one Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hosting for Google CEO Eric Schmidt and a group of digital doers and thinkers.

Voices

Start-up Hires CBS, Google Veteran

in News on March 30, 2009 at 1:13 pm PT

Patrick Keane, a digital-media veteran, was named the chief executive of Associated Content Inc., a start-up that syndicates user-submitted articles and video on the Web. Mr. Keane, 38, was most recently chief marketing officer of CBS Corp.’s CBS Interactive, a role he had been transitioning out of since earlier this year. Prior to that, he was a sales-strategy executive at Google Inc. who spearheaded the company’s planning with large advertisers and agencies.

How to Use Facebook for Something Besides Hooking Up and Throwing Sheep

in Media on December 4, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Some of us cynical types used to wonder if Facebook would ever amount to anything beyond a place to throw sheep at your friends. Silly us! While we were really talking about Facebook’s ability to generate revenue, and eventually a profit, Facebook’s users have had more ambitious goals: Changing the world. That, at least, is the theme of the grandly named “Alliance of Youth Movements Summit,” which kicks off today at Columbia Law School.