Online privacy has been a concern for years but only in recent years, with the explosive growth of the social web, has the concern grown about a person’s own words coming back to harm him or her in the future.  That’s because nearly everyone is using the social web these days, and many are only just beginning to realize that what they publish today could still be found in a Google search years from now.

Newstex syndicates the authoritative content from Thomson Reuters’ podcast, Legal Current, about the business and practice of law, and this week, an interview with Jeffrey Rosen delved into online privacy and the problems associated with exposing too much of oneself in the digital space.  Jeffrey Rosen is a law professor at George Washington University whose article about online privacy, “The End of Forgetting,” appeared in The New York Times Magazine in July.

In Rosen’s interview with the Legal Current podcast, he explains, “The right to privacy tends to cover only the outrageous or the untrue postings, things that are highly offensive to a reasonable person. But when you’re talking about embarrassing or truthful information, there’s not a clear legal right to escape it or to have people take it down.”  You can follow the link to listen to the complete podcast interview with Jeffrey Rosen on Legal Current.  It’s well worth it!

Interestingly, the timing for the Legal Current interview with Rosen couldn’t have been more appropriate.  Just last week, I watched an episode of The Colbert Report that discussed this very topic with the tongue-in-cheek humor viewers expect from host Stephen Colbert.  You can watch the segment clip below (or view it here if the video doesn’t play for you).

Control-Self-Delete — that’s not a bad idea.

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles 3BL Media whose online video content is offered through Newstex Authoritative Content.

3BL Media is made up of a team of experts in corporate social responsibility, sustainability and cause marketing communications who work with organizations that want to spread their messages and news about those topics across the social web.

3BL Media offers three corporate social responsibility video series:

• The CSR Minute: the daily video digest of CSR headlines, news and events
• CSR Unscripted: expert insights and opinions in the world of CSR
• CSR Report: interviews, profiles and in-depth reporting

The video content from 3BL Media is varied and interesting.  For example, recent headlines reviewed in The CSR Minute included a look at Snapple’s recycling goals, Miller Coors’ increased work with the EPA, and a new green meeting program from Starwood Hotels and Resorts.  Recent experts featured on CSR Unscripted discussed companies like Barclay and BP, and recent CSR Report videos featured interviews with corporate executives like Bonin Bough, Global Director, Digital and Social Media at Pepsico and Micki Sever, Manager, Marketing Programs/Global Citizenship at eBay.

Not only is the video content from 3BL Media interesting, but it also aims to make a difference in the world.  As the company explains on its website, its team is committed to doing exactly that:

We love what we do and believe that the way we can make the biggest difference is through communications. We wear suits, hemp pants, drink martinis and soy milk. Some of us have MBAs from Harvard, others of us dropped out of high school. Among us we have philosophy, economics and human rights degrees, and one of us plays in a band. We have been CEOs and Directors of companies, and grown fledgling organizations into global operations. Some of us never strayed too far from home while others have worked in refugee camps in Africa. Our varied backgrounds have led us all to one collective belief: we have seen first hand the positive force that business can have in the global community.

It’s great to see companies using online video and the social web to make a difference in the world!

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles Tubefilter whose video interview content is offered through Newstex Authoritative Content.

A description of Tubefilter can’t get better than the following from the Tubefilter Web site:

Our mission at Tubefilter is simple – to grow the audience of web television. Our news division, Tubefilter News, is the leading authority in episodic web television and web series.

Tubefilter focuses on finding and highlighting the best Web television programming and online videos amidst the online clutter.  The company even created a special recognition program — the Streamy Awards — to draw attention to quality online video.  Whether that video is created by studios or individuals doesn’t matter.  As long as the content is great, Tubefilter wants to find it and share it, giving it the audience it deserves.

The Tubefilter channel on Dailymotion includes a long list of videos featuring event coverage (recently, the 2010 Streamy Awards Red Carpet live videos were included), interviews, and more.  The video content ranges from informative and educational to entertaining.

Tubefilter is described as being, “the leading digital entertainment media company covering the Web TV industry,” and “the definitive source for industry news, program reviews, industry events and online entertainment market intelligence services.”

As online video content continues to grow in popularity and availability, Tubefilter is poised for great success and growth as “The Web Television Company” differentiating authoritative content from what Tubefilter refers to as “the web video shuffle.”

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles LegalMinds TV whose video interview content is offered through Newstex Authoritative Content.

LegalMinds TV offers exclusive video interviews with attorneys focused on a variety of corporate law topics, such as securities regulation, intellectual property, litigation, labor and employment, corporate finance, private equity, environmental law, and more. The goal of LegalMinds TV is to provide timely, authoritative content to senior corporate executives, their board of directors and their counsel.

Recent videos discussed topics as diverse as protecting brands from trademark infringement, new developments and legal issues related to outsourcing, challenges and opportunities accessing capital markets.  Each attorney who participates in a video interview on LegalMinds TV offers useful insight into legal issues that matter to businesses today.  Furthermore, each attorney’s bio is published with his or her interview as well as his or her avvo.com ranking (an attorney rating service) and a PDF transcript of the interview.

Video interviews on LegalMinds TV are typically aroud 5-minutes in length and are filled with useful, actionable, and authoritative information.  If you haven’t watched LegalMinds TV, you should check it out!

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles The Daily App Show whose varied content is offered through Newstex Authoritative Content.

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, then you’ve probably visited the iPhone app store where there are thousands and thousands of apps available for you to download and use.  Unfortunately, it can be completely overwhelming and challenging to find the apps that you’re interested in.

Enter The Daily App Show, a Web site that offers blog and video reviews of iPhone apps, which was founded by Jerad Hill.

The Daily App Show downloads the apps and tests them, and then publishes reviews in the site’s blog or video content.  The videos are well produced and include short demos, reviews, tips and suggestions for using the apps.  They’re short and to the point, which means you can easily watch a number of videos without wasting a lot of time.

The Daily App Show podcast has become so popular that it reached #2 in the Computer and Technology Channel and #22 overall on iTunes.

Anyone can suggest an iPhone app for The Daily App Show to test and review.  Additionally, developers can submit their iPhone apps for review on The Daily App Show at reasonable fees.

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you should check out The Daily App Show for trustworthy reviews, tips, and demos.

Follow the links to check out the Newstex iPhone app and other Newstex mobile apps.

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles FierceMarkets whose varied content is offered through Newstex Authoritative Content.

FierceMarkets is a leader in B2B e-media.  The company helps business marketers reach targeted decision-makers through a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries.  FierceMarkets launched in 2001 and today offers 17 digital publications and newsletters that reach hundreds of thousands of professionals each day.  Those online publications include:

Telecom

• FierceWireless
• FierceBroadbandWireless
• FierceMobileContent
• FierceDeveloper
• FierceWireless:Europe
• FierceTelecom
• FierceVoIP
• FierceIPTV
• FierceOnlineVideo

Enterprise IT

• FierceCIO
• FierceCIO:TechWatch
• FierceMobileIT
• FierceContentManagement
• FierceGovernmentIT

Life Sciences

• FierceBiotech
• FierceBiotech Research
• FiercePharma
• FierceVaccines
• FierceBiotech IT
• FiercePharma Manufacturing

Healthcare

• FierceHealthcare
• FierceHealthIT
• FierceHealthFinance
• Hospital Impact
• FierceEMR
• FierceMobileHealthcare

Finance

• FierceFinance
• FierceComplianceIT
• FierceFinanceIT

The content published through FierceMarkets is written by industry experts.  Over 900,000 business people are currently subscribed to receive FierceMarkets’ newsletters and thousands of people in over 120 countries around the world view FierceMarkets content online everyday, making it a vital source for business-to-business information, news, and commentary.  Newstex is pleased to deliver the content from FierceMarkets as part of its Authoritative Content offerings.

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles The Young Turks whose content is offered through Newstex Video On Demand.

The Young Turks slogan says it all — “Rebel Headquarters”.

The Young Turks is considered the first nationwide liberal talk show and first live, daily Internet TV show.  Videos from The Young Turks provide a funny, smart, irreverent and entertaining look at politics, sex, news, pop culture, current affairs and personal stories. The Young Turks airs live Monday F from 6:00-9:00 pm ET via webcast nationwide.

But that description doesn’t really tell the complete story about The Young Turks.  This line from the site’s About page sums up The Young Turks quite well:

The Young Turks is revolutionary in, ” daring to be honest with people. We don’t patronize our viewers or lie to them. We have real conversations and deliver the news honestly.”

Along with honest reporting on a host of topics, The Young Turks provides authoritative content.  The following quote from General Wesley Clark says it all:

“The role and impact of new media on the electoral process grows every year. The Young Turks get it. Their live webcast reaches and engages people where they live and work. It has become a part of the national conversation on the air and over the Internet.”

With recent videos about how Republicans feel about Fox News, fake prostitution rings, and how much reality television stars get paid, the content is most definitely varied, interesting, and insightful.

The Young Turks represents a perfect example of authoritative content coming from online video and nontraditional media sources (although one could argue that the term “nontraditional media sources” has changed a lot over the past few years — but I’ll save that for another post).

Are you using online video to share your own content, information and opinions?  The doors of opportunity are wide open, as The Young Turks demonstrate.  If you’re already publishing authoritative online videos, you can enhance your exposure and earn some money through Newstex licensed online syndication.  Learn more here.

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles The Frugal Tech Show whose podcast content is offered through Newstex Video On Demand.

The Frugal Tech Show is hosted by Ken Hess and Jason Perlow.  The show is available through Blog Talk Radio, a site that makes it easy for anyone to host an audio show online.  The Frugal Tech Show content is also syndicated through Newstex.

The purpose of The Frugal Tech Show is to bring together professionals working in the information technology (IT) field to discuss current practices and ways to become more economical and work more frugally in their jobs.  The Frugal Tech Show attracts guests from around the world who are IT industry experts and very capable of sharing their authoritative views, tips and suggestions to others in the IT profession in order to help them work more frugally.

At a time when the economy demands that professionals become more frugal, The Frugal Tech Show provides an insightful perspective into being frugal in the IT industry:

There is no doubt that the current economic situation makes the content on The Frugal Tech Show even more timely and important.  But what’s most interesting about The Frugal Tech Show is the description of ‘frugal’ by the shows hosts:

Being frugal means more than just being cheap. It means changing your thinking and practices to get the most from what you have. Frugality also means spending your money wisely and putting that money to good use.

You should be frugal when times are good so that the so-called ‘lean’ times don’t devastate you and your business or livelihood.

Recent guests on The Frugal Tech Show have been IT executives and managers from well-known companies such as Microsoft, and conversations have spanned topics as diverse as virtualization to security and everything in between — always with a focus on frugality.

If you work in the IT field or just want to learn more from authoritative professionals in the IT industry, The Frugal Tech Show provides a great go-to place.

Podcast audio content is distributed through Newstex Video On Demand.  Distributors can offer videos from The Frugal Tech Show to your customers.  If  you’re an online publisher and you’d like more information about syndicating your own content through Newstex, just contact us!

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute whose video content is offered through Newstex Video On Demand.

Daisy Whitney is one of the first journalists to launch an online newscast that focuses on the business of Internet video — Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute.  In her videos, Daisy discusses social networking, YouTube, iTunes, and other forms of online video and content distribution.  Daisy is a natural in front of the camera, and she brings a broad background in business and new media with her to her video content.  She can be found writing and speaking about new media in a variety of places such as Advertising Age and Beet.tv, and she has appeared on or been interviewed for a variety of online and offline publications and programs such as CNN’s Showbiz Tonight and CNBC’s Closing Bell.

In addition to her new media background, Daisy is also an author having written both young adult novels and commercial women’s fiction.  It’s not surprising that she brings her knowledge of and interest in publishing to her videos, which gives them a unique perspective.  For example, some of Daisy’s recent videos for New Media Minute focused on topics such as how to make six-figure income on YouTube and YouTube’s new moneymaking strategy, as well as subjects like what women want from new media and how publishers are trying to keep up with the digital age with author websites and multimedia books.  Suffice it to say, Daisy Whitney’s videos are informative and very original.

To keep her videos interesting, Daisy doesn’t always film herself in the same place.  In recent videos she took to the streets and even filmed in her backyard.  The change of scenery makes the videos more personal and less corporate but doesn’t detract from Daisy’s expertise or her authoritative content.  I love that her videos are typically under a few minutes in length (often under one minute) yet tell a complete story filled with snippets of interesting and useful information.  Daisy creates several new videos each month, so there is always something new to see and learn on New Media Minute.

Newstex Video On Demand distributors can offer videos from Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute to your customers.  If  you’re an online publisher and you’d like more information about syndicating your own content through Newstex, just contact us!

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This month, the Publisher INsider profiles MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer whose video content is offered through Newstex Video On Demand.

In his online videos, Shelly Palmer discusses “news you can use about technology, media, and entertainment,” and he knows what he’s talking about.  Shelly has spent his career working in media and entertainment, and his resume includes a long list of awards for his creative, production, and technical efforts over the years.  He also writes about technology for The Huffington Post, and he’s a technical commentator for CNN.com.  Suffice it to say, he knows what he’s talking about.

MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer is a great online video program for several reasons, not the least of which is Shelly’s vast knowledge and expertise in the areas of media, entertainment and technology.  He is also polished in front of the camera.  His videos are produced very well and look like actual news segments.  Shelly is well-spoken and packs a lot of information into his videos, which are typically short (most are under 2 minutes) and very easy to watch. 

MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer is also very timely.  For example, on June 9, 2009, when televisions were expected to switch to digital format, his video for the day discussed that very topic.  He also isn’t afraid to create videos where he steps out from behind the desk.  In his June 5, 2009 video, Shelly went skydiving with the Army’s Golden Knights.

Typically, Shelly creates several videos each week, so the content is always fresh.  The MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer archive includes over 500 videos to date.  Bottom-line, MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer is a perfect “go-to” place for media, entertainment and technology news and commentary delivered in small “bytes” that are both interesting, easily digestible, and fit into busy schedules.

Newstex Video On Demand distributors can offer videos from MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer to your customers.  If  you’re an online publisher and you’d like more information about syndicating your own content through Newstex, just contact us!