Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Cool looks, needs more substance

--Today the email experience council's [no link because the newsletter's link was broken] newsletter featured a link to Zinio's Digital Classics. I would love to sign up to use them, except I already have tons of email that I never get through. Plus, who needs another Publisher's Clearing House (without the Sweepstakes)? Looks great--much more visually appealing than Project Gutenberg, but not as big, or as *gack* noble.

--Mediapostpublications.com announced the launch of Prime Time Rewind. Again, a visually interesting, if clunky, interface with less? content, and much of the same content, as is already available on Hulu.com. Maybe it's the dorky librarian in me, but alphabetical by title is still a pretty easy way to find shows. Mediaposts's Wayne Friedman says the appeal of the new site is that it "uses the free video links of every available full-length network program and presents those shows in an easier format for consumers to access." Well, the link in their article was wrong, so maybe he was looking at a different site than I.

[--I found it a bit ironic that both of these email newsletters, from big-time professionals in the business, featured broken or incorrect links. If they only followed their own, very good, advice.]

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