WhoseTube?Nick Douglas takes readers' questions about the impact of YouTube.
Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 3:58 PM ETSlate contributor Nick Douglas was online at Washingtonpost.com on Thursday, July 19 to discuss the impact of YouTube and the world of online video. An unedited transcript of the chat follows.
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From: The Fray: You would think that the article would note that Slate (and its new video site) might have a conflict of interest with YouTube. The only acknowledgment in the entire article is that the author will be an extra in a video sitcom that does not appear on YouTube.
Nick Douglas: (Note: I can't speak for Slate, and I only discovered Slate V this week.) Fair enough, though Slate V also includes many YouTube clips on a blog that tracks popular online videos. So the site benefits from YouTube as much as it "competes."
I hardly think the magazine considers its video content to be in direct competition with the new Timbaland music video. But you'd have to ask the editors.
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Townson, Md.: Do you think it is appropriate to use YouTube the way Tony Blair has in the past?
Nick Douglas: I'm afraid I'm not familiar with his uses, but I'd like to hear about them.
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Nick Douglas: We're just about out of questions and time. Thank you to everyone who participated; these were thought-provoking questions. I'm especially interested in whether YouTube will bring us another Macaca moment, or whether it has been safely transformed into another megaphone for the candidates.
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