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Even Gary Vaynerchuk couldn't save Revision3's Web-video pitch

Revision3 videoblogger Martin Sargent began the closing keynote at Ad:tech — also a live taping of his talk show Internet Superstar — with a video tour through the conference floor. The best part was when Sargent walked over to a booth. "So you're Smiley Media?" he asked. "That's us." Sargent: "What the fuckk are you so happy about?" The Daily Show's Rob Corddry couldn't have done it better. It was a good moment for Web TV, made especially sweet by the fact that hundreds of ad buyers — Revision3's prospective clients, many of them — were looking on from the audience. Too bad that was the keynote's last watchable moment. More »

10:40 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,345 views, 2 comments

Latest by Arnaud H: @BigDaddyBear: GaryV is sticking to wine - that's what his video podcasts are about. Boring? I think not. And every public appearance he does ends up promoting wine in general and his business in particular - now that's branding. And more »

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How to become an Internet rock star, the Gary Vaynerchuk way

Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuck has no boobs, but he's been on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he's got a book deal, and went from successful small businessman to having The 250 drink his entrepreneurial Kool-Aid. How did he do it? Free booze. Party like an Internet Rockstar at Medjool with Gary Vee and see how it's done. (Photo by Brian Solis)

3:20 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Jackson West
568 views, 1 comment

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Wine guy Gary Vaynerchuk thinks tech is like hip hop

Gary Vaynerchuk, host of WineLibraryTV, thinks the tech world of 2008 has a lot of similarities to the hip-hop world of 1985. I'm not sure if his comparison of Robert Scoble to Russell Simmons is quite right, but he does make an interesting point: "This is the National Anthem in a 18-inning baseball game." As today's tech-savvy tweens and teenagers grow up, tech and new ways to communicate will be embraced more and more by the mainstream. Just as SMS messaging, social networks and video sharing have exploded in recent years, there will be new technologies that we haven't thought up yet. Will Scoble be at the forefront? I doubt it. Will the live, mobile video broadcasts that Scoble is boring us with become much more mainstream? Absolutely — and just like Google figured out search, someone will figure out how to make money from it. Have a look at Vaynerchuk's video after the jump. More »

8:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Jordan Golson
737 views, 5 comments

Latest by Jackson West: So does that mean in 2020 everyone will start complaining about the death of the Web and hanging out on [mcom.com] while wearing rave gear and listening to John Digweed live mixes? more »

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Kevin Rose gets chased by a sheep -- film at 11

Wine Library TV host Gary Vaynerchuk took an even more select subset of The 250 up to De Loach Vineyards in Santa Rosa for a wine tasting. Among the guests were Laughing Squid's Scott Beale, egoblogger Robert Scoble, Facebook evangelist Dave Morin, 4-Hour Workweek author Tim Ferriss and Digg's Kevin Rose. One of the tastings took place on a farm. On this farm there were some sheep. One of these sheep didn't like Kevin Rose very much — and chased him up a hill. Robert Scoble took photos. Scoble showed those photos to MadPod's James Donnelly, who filmed them and put the result on the Internet. Much to Rose's dismay, we are sure, we present that video to you.

11:20 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Jordan Golson
1,366 views, 10 comments

Latest by Dweezil: @ThatKid: I don't see how he was ripped off if he was paid. The most amazing thing to me isn't really that the "creators" of most of these websites appear to have no technical skills, it's that they shared all more »

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Vloggies reborn from PodTech's ashes as "Winnies"

Irina Slutsky of Geek Entertainment TV has found a way to carry on her idea of celebrating the best in video podcasting. Under PodTech, where Slutsky brought the awards last year, the event was badly mismanaged. Slutsky left Podtech, but the "Vloggies" name remained with PodTech. Former CEO John Furrier "openly" trademarked "Vloggies" shortly after firing the event's organizer. At the Winnies, in a dig to PodTech, which failed to have a sufficient number of Vloggies awards made last year, attendees will bring their own, old trophies to swap "instead of wasting money on 'made in Hong Kong' trophies." Oh, and it gets better. More »

4:33 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Tim Faulkner
459 views, 5 comments

Latest by Tim Faulkner: It's been pointed out to me that the "Vloggies" trademark was secured by Steve Gillmor prior to Irina's dismissal. More or less sinister? You decide. more »

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Vlog Hot: Boys Semifinals Heat 1

Continuing the semifinals in our Vlog Hot reader poll, here's the first log cabin full of hearty male specimens. Voting will run through this week and conclude at noon Eastern time on Sunday, March 11. You can vote in all heats once per day by clearing browser cookies from polls.gawker.com. In this heat, enjoy Kevin Nalts, Gary Vaynerchuk, Josh Shipp, and Jonathan London. Vote for your bestie after the jump. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Mar 5 2007
By Chris Mohney
12,221 views, 4 comments

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Vlog Hot: Wildcard Boys Heat 3

There's light at the end of the tunnel, but not before you render an opinion on another crop of aspiring videoblogging he-men. Well, okay, there's one more round of men after this, but really, that will be it. Promise. Don't hold that against Greg Rose, Gabe Mac, Rick Rey, Chris Ritke, and Gary Vaynerchuk. They have every right to be here, and are, after the jump, where they await your vote. More »

5:07 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Chris Mohney
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