The Dark Side of Cooking with Marshall Efron

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn, 11.10.2009

Hedonism Evangelist

Marshall Efron, best known for the PBS show "The Great American Dream Machine" and children's books like "Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try" loves food.

Book Trailer 101

Rachel Kramer Bussel, 11.10.2009

Author/editor/blogger/reading series host, www.rachelkramerbussel.com

Last month, in the name of book promotion, I hopped in the shower, made out in the street, drank from a water fountain in Central Park, gyrated behind...

Crowdsourced Band Release "I've Got Nothing" Single

Scott Campbell, 11.10.2009

Scott Campbell is a young freelance journalist.

A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.

ISO My Twitter Persona

Sarah Schmelling, 11.07.2009

Author, Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float

I'd just had an event at a popular L.A. bookstore. I saw old friends, answered great questions, sold a good amount of books. But that next morning I realized: I hadn't tweeted it.

Madison Avenue's Frustration with Online Video: Quality is "Complete Crap," top WPP Exec

Andy Plesser, 11.06.2009

Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV

Despite the commanding position of YouTube, with 40 percent of video streams in the U.S., the quality of the environment for advertisers is not alway...

Windows 7 Not so Great as Advertised and Has Compatibility Issues: Is Microsoft in Collusion With Manufacturers Like HP?

Michael Russnow, 11.08.2009

Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild West Board of Directors

There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.

Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, 11.03.2009

Associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro, 11.04.2009

President & CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

Alan Grayson's YouTube Followers Don't Want His Copycats

Danny Groner, 10.29.2009

Video Editor/Online Assistant Editor at TheWeek.com

Where once politicians would escort the people into the future, social media sites are now propelling them forward. Left for debate is whether these new vehicles are actually shaping better leaders.

Making a Splash in the Indie World

Nancy Moonves, 10.28.2009

CEO, Lighten Up Productions

The last thing I ever expected to wind up doing was becoming part of the creative and marketing team behind a tiny indie movie attempting to invent a business model for monetizing films online.

Michael Jackson Online -- A Singular Attraction

Jose Antonio Vargas, 11.10.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

Pre-Internet, before we could follow celebrities on Google, Twitter, MySpace and Wikipedia, Michael Jackson was an unparalleled global star on the world stage, touching fans across borders, time zones and languages.

Everything Is Your Resume

Penny C. Sansevieri, 10.28.2009

CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc.

When you put something online, it can almost live forever. That means that we have to be careful what we share, what we say, and the footprints we leave online.

Fish Burbling: How Crazy New Media Terms are Changing the Future of Everything

Paul Dailing, 10.25.2009

I was crowdsourcing the Long Tail while upping my Whuffie Factor through a Trust Agent when it hit me: Why the hell haven't I come up with a crazy-ass new media term?

Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman, 10.23.2009

Founder, VidLit

Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

When a Hot Air Balloon Flies on Empty

Robert J. Elisberg, 10.20.2009

Columnist and screenwriter

When we see the major news breaking in with non-stop reporting on a balloon spacecraft from a family on Wife Swap, the failures of the media become clear.

Barnes & Noble's Color Touch Screen eReader Hitting Market: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 20, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 10.20.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Depending who you ask, Barnes & Noble's new eReader is due out today, or Thursday, which would be interesting since it's Windows 7 day. B&N le...

A Billion YouTube Views Can Feed A Billion

Ramya Raghavan, 10.16.2009

YouTube Nonprofits and Activism Manager

Last week, we announced that YouTube serves over one billion video views per day. That's also the number of people in the world who don't have enough food to eat: one in seven humans.

MySpace Wants its Cool Back

Piers Fawkes, 10.15.2009

Runs PSFK, a trends and innovation company

In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to connect with their friends over entertainment content.

NJ Candidate Chris Christie "Flashes" YouTube

James Kotecki, 10.12.2009

Online Media Critic

Most political YouTube channels are conventional and boring. Not in New Jersey.

Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Laureate: Whatever Happened to Awarding for Deeds Actually Done?

Michael Russnow, 10.09.2009

Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild West Board of Directors

It is enormously premature for Obama to be getting this great tribute, which to a certain extent cheapens the prior recipients and the work all of them performed over so many years.

Verizon Wireless Bringing Google Android-based Motorola Phones to Market: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 7, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 10.07.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Verizon is set to bring two Google Android based smartphones to the market. The deal was revealed when Google CEO Eric Schm...