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Watching TV With “Friends” Around The Nation – Is There Anything The Web Can’t Do?

January 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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While a social media advance can’t hold a candle to the real news on this day in American history, Saul Hansell of The New York Times does note the significance of today’s CNN/Facebook mashup.

CNN’s live streaming of the Inauguration, with a feed from Facebook is powerful demonstration of how television can use social media and an equally powerful demonstration of what Facebook can do for various Web sites.

During the debates, Twitter and CurrentTV worked together to provide a similar experience. Will live events of national importance be served up this way from now on? Is that good?
As for Facebook’s live stream versus Twitter’s, I do like that I can comment on someone’s update on Facebook, or someone can comment on mine. That’s a much cleaner transaction than an @reply on Twitter.

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About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17. She went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time. Starting in Portland in 1995, I worked my way across the country as a copywriter and eventually became a content director making media products for big packaged goods brands. I returned to Oregon in 2008, and now I focus on building brands for companies that matter, including this one.