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    Mediatwits #58: Presidential Debate Flowers Online; Mobile Ad Challenges

    by Mark Glaser
    October 5, 2012
    The folks at Tumblr hosted a "live GIF'ing" of the debate, which included this presidential waving of the light-saber. See the entire animation "here":http://gifwich.tumblr.com/post/32847502115.

    Welcome to the 58th episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Rafat Ali as co-hosts. This week, we take a look at the changes in coverage of the presidential debate, with live-streaming online, instant fact-checks and added context, and even “live-GIF’ing.” Tumblr’s Christoper Price and the Sunlight Foundation’s Bill Allison talk about the hits and misses during the debates and how @FiredBigBird went viral. Does it add more to the debate or is it all a big distraction?

    Then we look deeper at the challenges for mobile advertising. For years, experts said mobile ads would rule, and now with so many more people getting news on mobile devices, the time has come. So why are they falling short? We talked to the IAB’s Joe Laszlo, AdAge’s Jason Del Rey and consultant Chetan Sharma to find out how advertisers and publishers can improve the mobile ad experience. Simply repurposing online ads on mobile isn’t the answer, but what is?

    What we think is more valuable [than fact-checking] is providing perspective and context rather than saying 'this is true' and 'this isn't true.'" -Bill Allison, Sunlight Foundation

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    Guest Bios

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    Christopher Price

    Christopher Price is editorial director of Tumblr. He’s created 178 Tumblogs, including his main one, TopherChris. He’s been with Tumblr since 2009 and will be involved in a new outlet composed entirely from Tumblr stories.

    Bill Allison is the editorial director for Sunlight Foundation Reporting. Bill has spent the better part of his career reporting on lobbyist influence in Washington, campaign finance transparency and earmarks. He is a veteran investigative reporter and editor.

    Joe Laszlo is senior director of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence. Joe manages many of the IAB’s mobile standardization, best practices, and research projects. Prior to the IAB, Joe had an eight-year tenure at Jupiter Research, where he started researching and writing about mobile interactivity in 2000.

    Jason Del Rey is a reporter at Advertising Age, where he writes about digital media and advertising technology. He was previously the senior reporter at Inc. magazine, where he wrote about startups and other fast-growing, privately-held companies across all industries. You can follow him on Twitter @DelRey.

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    Bill Allison

    Chetan Sharma is Founder and President of Chetan Sharma Consulting. He is a recognized industry expert in strategy and implementation of wireless data and pervasive computing solutions. He has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the wireless space and is probably the only strategist to have advised each of the top 6 global mobile data operators.

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    Intro and outro music by 3 Feet Up; mid-podcast music by Autumn Eyes via Mevio’s Music Alley.

    Highlights from the Show

    Intro

    1:00: Rafat shows off Skift at Paley Center

    2:20: MediaShift Mixer coming to Paley Center in NYC Oct. 23

    3:40: Rundown of topics on our show

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    Joe Laszlo

    Presidential debate extended online

    5:00: Special guests Christopher Price and Bill Allison

    7:00: Price: Tumblr hosted a debate-watching party with animated GIF artists

    9:30: Allison: We provide context instead of live fact-checking online

    12:45: How did Big Bird go viral?

    15:20: Why did the Debates Commission squelch participation?

    16:50: Allison: Referee or umpire might have done a better job moderating than a journalist

    Challenges for mobile ads

    17:20: Special guests Joe Laszlo, Jason Del Rey and Chetan Sharma

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    Jason Del Rey

    20:00: Del Rey: Small screen size is a challenge for advertisers

    22:10: Laszlo: IAB wants to improve mobile ads with standard formats

    25:30: Sharma: Rather than measuring impressions on mobile, making sales is better

    27:30: Laszlo: Advertisers can also use responsive design for ads

    30:50: Sharma: Industry needs to improve user control over data collection, tracking on mobile

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    Chetan Sharma

    More Reading

    Six Digital Takeaways from the Denver Debate at Forbes

    Tumbling the Election at Tumblr

    The First Presidential Debate on Sunlight Live

    The missing ingredient from hyperwired debates: the feedback loop at O’Reilly Radar

    Presidential Debate and Fact-Check at NYTimes.com

    Presidential Debates Commission Keeps Internet Bottled at TechPresident

    Just how big is the mobile ad market going to be? at Econsultancy

    Will Mobile’s Massive Growth Equal Real Revenues? at AdAge

    The Explosion in Mobile Audiences and a Close Look at What It Means for News report from Pew Research Center

    Mobile Rising Stars Ad Units at the IAB

    MediaShift Poll

    Don’t forget to vote in our poll, this time about your thoughts on mobile advertising:


    Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian and fiancee Renee. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit. and Circle him on Google+

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