Sunday, January 29, 2006

Thousands of Words and Now Pictures, Too - New York Times

"Until recently, bloggers have been heard but rarely seen. But now two popular Web sites are considering moving into video.
Gawker.com, the running commentary on New York media published by Gawker Media, recently announced plans to develop and publish original video content.
In a Jan. 19 posting, the Web site solicited participants for its Guerrilla Video Project, suggesting videos documenting Manhattan power lunches and book parties as the kind of 'minidocumentaries on crack' it was looking to feature.
Another site on the same path is PostSecret, which encourages people to publish their secrets anonymously online at postsecret.blogspot.com. The blog gained prominence last summer when the band All-American Rejects used images from the Web site in its video for the song 'Dirty Little Secret.'
In December, Regan Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, published 'PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives,' a compilation whose release coincided with a Washington exhibit of the anonymous postcards received by the blog. The book was ranked No. 41 in sales on Amazon.com at midday yesterday."

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