Yahoo!-ABC News Tie-up Dominates Online Video News by Wide Margins, comScore
For the first time since the collaboration of ABC News and Yahoo! was announced in October, comScore has reported that online traffic for the joint effort and finds it has served over 400 million views in February — which is more than half of all the video news views streamed in North America in the month.The online measurement company has found that the Yahoo!-ABC News operation far outpaces the perrenial online video news leaders CNN.com and MSNBC.com by margins of nearly three-to-one.(See the graphics below.)We visited the ABC newsroom yesterday for this video interview with Joe Ruffolo, SVP of ABC News Digital for an update on the collaboration and the new journalistic opportunities and audiences resulting from the association with Yahoo!Huffington Post in the Video News Game NowA recent addition the the category Huffington Post Media Group (HPMG) passed CBS News and Fox News in comScore's video rankings.Andy Plesser
Taboola Powering Video Discovery for Big Magazine Publishers Rodale and Bonnier
Many thanks to Adam Singolda and the team.
Taboola, the New York/Tel Aviv-based video discovery and distribution company, has expanded its customer base from newspapers and wire services to some big magazine publishers including Rodale Press, Bonnier and the trade publication The Hollywood Reporter, says Michael Lombardi, Senior Director of Business Development, in this video interview with Beet.TVHe explains the opportunities for advertisers around premium content — and how Taboola seeks to help publishers increase video views.Exisiting Taboola customers including Bloomberg, CNN, Gannett, the New York Times, Reuters and the Washington Post.Beet.TV has implmented Taboola on its site and has a commercial relationship with the company.Taboola Sponsors the Beet Executive Retreat in Vieques Very pleased to report that Taboola is the sponsor of the two-day Beet Retreat in Vieques.