IP Democracy: NYT: Vlogs are Television

The New York Times has an adoring piece today penned by Sarah Boxer that reviews the land of video blogs or vlogs. The articles reviews the efforts of the Das Vlog, The Steve and Carol Show, and our favorite, the 05 Project, among other noteworthy vlogs.

One thing all the vlogs have in common is that they’re funny. Genuinely humorous.

In any event, the question everyone grapples with is: what are these things? Boxer has an answer. Vlogs are television.

Right now it seems that video bloggers can’t agree what vlogs are exactly, and some of them want to keep it that way. “What’s the rush to define it now?” Mr. Verdi [Michael Verdi, author of Vlog Anarchy] asks in his video manifesto. “It would be like trying to pick a career and a mate for a newborn.” But indeed, the newborn seems to have picked its mate. Congratulations. It’s television!

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on July 25, 2005 9:58 AM to IP Democracy