Work in Columbus radio? The talent you pass on your drive to work.

[WBIMDJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-F5JnnGo0

And now, the comments section on the "official" youtube clip, nothing but disdain for Dispatch, and people calling for boycott! Way to make negative publicity for yourselves, in what could have been a positive one instead! Good job, Dispatch!

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[OhioMediaWatch]

Look, I understand the Dispatch's legal need to protect its intellectual property rights. And to do so, they have to act to remove infringing content, which the original YouTube video by "ritchey" most assuredly was.

But, again, nose/spite/face.

They recognized that the video being on YouTube was important...so much so that THEY CREATED A BRAND NEW YOUTUBE ACCOUNT with this video as the first upload. The Dispatch saw no need to be on YouTube until Friday.

But before they did that, they played the lawyer card, making them look bad in the eyes of EVERYONE.

Again, though it appears a posting on Gawker fueled this thing, it wouldn't have gotten to worldwide iconic status if the video was only on Dispatch.com, and their story pretty much says that. And with 12-million-plus hits, their servers may not have been able to handle the load, assuming any similar amount of hits found their way to the Dispatch's site.

Of course, the Dispatch folks are also broadcasters (WBNS), but they sure don't seem to "get" the Internet.

 

[flytrap]

They seem to always yank a video after it starts getting a lot of hits. I've seen other clips stay up for months or even years, only after getting thousands of hits do they yank it. remember the "bed intruder rapist" video that was autotuned and it became a hit? the Huntsville tv station tried to yanked the original after the autotune version took off. but once its out there its almost impossible to keep off because so many people use youtube downloader and re-upload everything. but it really ticks people off when they yank stuff. it free promotion to the originator of the clip. when you take down the clip, you shoot yourself in the foot.

 

[Dave Sarnoff]

Somebody wake me when this guy's 15 minutes of fame are up.

I guess beggers CAN be choosers after all.

 

[Dufrane party of two]

I wonder if the story continues into this week? I wouldn't mind seeing a follow-up on the guy in about 6 months.

 

[gabigley1]

The Columbus Dispatch has issued a official statement on the Ted Williams youtube video they pulled:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...tras/2011/goldenvoice/dispatch-statement.html

Their just trying to "save face" now .. They had it yanked in hopes that any future traffic would go though their website, pushing their hits to their own advertisers in hopes to net them a few bucks off the man. At least that's the impression I get.

Yanking the original YouTube upload, which -- along with the outpouring of viewer reaction -- was the compelling and living record of this viral phenomenon -- was even crazier given that the guy who uploaded it gave explicit credit to the Dispatch...not to mention that the Dispatch name and logo were prominently visible at the end of the video. It was their right to yank it, but an unspeakably stupid, shortsighted move from a marketing and goodwill perspective.

In 8 hours since the Dispatch made its own "authorized" YouTube upload of the original video, it has amassed (drum roll, please) a whopping 301 views. THUD!

I noticed that Ann Fisher interviewed Doral Chenowith III in case you are interested... They mentions the unauthorized copyrighted video that was posted on youtube in the following audio link...
They also interviewed Public Affairs Journalism Director Debra Jasper about the Dispatch removing the copyrighted version from youtube.

All Sides with Ann Fisher for 01-11-11:

11:00 AM - Social Media & Pop Culture
Last week a video of Ted Williams, a homeless man with a “golden radio voice,” went viral on the internet bringing him fame and employment, we’ll talk about the impact of social media on the news media and popular culture, with Columbus Dispatch photographer Doral Chenowith III, who made the Ted Williams and John Glenn School Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism Director Debra Jasper.

The Audio of the show:

http://streaming.osu.edu/wosu/allsides/011111b.mp3

 

[DToTheJ]

In 8 hours since the Dispatch made its own "authorized" YouTube upload of the original video, it has amassed (drum roll, please) a whopping 301 views. THUD!

Usually, when a brand new video on YouTube in the process of picking up a lot of steam, I've noticed that the number of views will "stick" at between 300-400 for several hours, with the updated number of views eventually being reflected later on. The video was apparently in the starting stages of being viral and, as of today, the new video has over 12,000 views.

 

[gabigley1]

This article saidThe Columbus Dispatch forced youtube to remove that video: http://theotherpaper.com/articles/2011/01/13/cover_story/doc4d2f102dcf8cc142078757.txt

 

[Nu_Roo_2]

In 8 hours since the Dispatch made its own "authorized" YouTube upload of the original video, it has amassed (drum roll, please) a whopping 301 views.  THUD!

Usually, when a brand new video on YouTube in the process of picking up a lot of steam, I've noticed that the number of views will "stick" at between 300-400 for several hours, with the updated number of views eventually being reflected later on. The video was apparently in the starting stages of being viral and, as of today, the new video has over 12,000 views.

The Dispatch's YouTube upload of the original Ted Williams video had about 10,000 of those 12,000 views yesterday, so I really doubt this is going to be anything like the unauthorized posting by "ritchey" that got over 12 million views in about a week before the Dispatch demanded its removal.

Conversely, the modified version uploaded by Russia Today (!) about the same time ritchey's was taken down now has about 7 million views.  It's the first one that pops up if you enter "Ted Williams" in YouTube search.  I don't even see the Dispatch upload listed in the first 100 results.  Regardless of what one thinks about Ted Williams or the TW phenomenon, the Dispatch was sure wrong if it thought it would take over as the "virus-carrier."

 

[dawg4life]

See... What did I tell you? Everybody gave me hell for not trusting this loser but as it turns out I was right once again.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2011/02/04/fuss-over-golden-voice-dying-down.html?sid=101

 

[gabigley1]

Ted Williams is about to auction off his now famous cardboard-sign. Will this sign then help jump start someone else's radio career? ;D

Articles:

http://www.fox8.com/entertainment/wjw-ted-williams-jacket-cardboard-sign-auction-txt,0,5784833.story

http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/03/golde...-camouflage-jacket-auction-online-foundation/

 

[gabigley1]

Gotta say...though this certainly started with a Columbus Dispatch video that went viral on YouTube, WNCI is a *big* winner in the publicity battle on this one.

Ted Williams is still giving WNCI's Dave and Jimmy show credit for his instant fame.
He was on the CBS Early Show this morning and mentions the Dave and Jimmy show in this video interview:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011...main7332281.shtml?tag=contentBody;cbsCarousel

Also, WBNS-TV has this Ted Williams update, but they want to give the Columbus Dispatch
credit for his instant fame:

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/lo...ams-golden-voice-news-conference.html?sid=102

 

[gabigley1]

Let's help get this man get into radio!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTysXITBCmk

WBNS-TV aired part two of the Ted Williams story last night but it wasn't posted on their site.

Ted Williams said in this latest interview that he didn't hold the sign to beg for money and demean himself. He said he was hoping some Program Director would discover his "golden pipes" and hire him.

 

[gabigley1]

Ted Williams was interviewed on MSNBC yesterday. The interview can be found here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41985890#41985890