Chris Lesinski » New Media

Could Justin Timberlake Bring Back MySpace?

Chris — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:10:49 +0000

This is neat — Harvey interviewed me about Justin Timberlake’s new investment in MySpace. The coolest part is that TMZ Live, our daily live web show, is now being syndicated on Sirius XM. So it’s exciting to think that people were listening to my “punditry” in their cars on the way home from work.

Jump in to about minute 32 for my short bit.

Filed under: Industry Commentary, New Media, Press

Insanity:

Chris — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:16:22 +0000

Another day at the L.A. Times. In case you didn’t know: the Tribune Company, its owner, is dying along with every other newspaper on the planet.

The thing that strikes me day after day — whether I’m at the L.A. Times, or talking with a studio friend, or sitting in a film class — is this: You can’t do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. The economy is no excuse — some media companies are doing okay right now.

New Media is hard, but it’s not as un-paved as people keep saying it is. There are ways of making money. There are ways of finding an audience. But they aren’t the same as the old ways.

Posted in New Media Tagged: albert einstein

My Thesis prez

Chris — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:05:44 +0000

I’m finished with college. Next semester, I’ll be taking yoga and independent studies. It ought to be a hoot.

But my capstone presentation was about web video distribution. Appropriately, I streamed it online. About 50 people were in and out during the live stream and hopefully they were all thinking, “I can’t wait to hire this kid in May!” Maybe not.

I’m especially proud of a concept I’ve engineered called “segment parsing.” I introduce it in the video — but there’s more to come soon.

Posted in New Media Tagged: distribution, New Media, segment parsing, web video

Sealing panels

Chris — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:17:34 +0000

We’ve put together a pitch for a panel concept at 2009′s SXSWi Festival, and 30% of sealing the deal is a poll of potential conference attendees. Even if you’re unlikely to attend the conference, it’d really be swell if you voted for it. It’s called “The Student 2.0 Revolution” and it’s about how Web 2.0 is shifting the playing field on college campuses and the administrators who stand in the way of that.

The ironic part about whoring out a self-promotiomal blog post on this is: does anyone read this blog? And even if someone does, wouldn’t they already know about the panel? Well, either way, it can’t hurt.