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VentureBeat: Roundup: The White House and YouTube test an open relationship, the Dow plunges below 7,000, an iPod and iPhone-less Gates’ household and more
TechWeb: YouTube Denies Being 'Ditched' By White House
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs: YouTube Denies Being 'Ditched' By White House
Roundup: The White House and YouTube test an open relationship, the Dow plunges below 7,000, an iPod and iPhone-less Gates’ household and more
VentureBeat —
... claimed that the White House was ditching YouTube as a platform for President Obama’s weekly addresses and going with a different Flash-based solution from Akamai. The reasoning was said to be over privacy concerns about information YouTube (which Google owns) tracks. But the whole thing is not true says a later report from the White House, according to The New York Times. Apparently, it is just experimenting with different video formats. Maybe this is all just a part of the new administration’s ...
YouTube Denies Being 'Ditched' By White House
TechWeb —
... on Google's Public Policy blog, stating, "That report is wrong." Soghoian noticed that the White House site had served its most recent video address using a Flash-based video player hosted by Akamai rather than YouTube. He took that as a sign that the White House had changed horses. But White House spokesperson Nick Shapiro told The New York Times , "...the change was simply an experiment." The Obama administration's ...
YouTube Denies Being 'Ditched' By White House
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... on Google's Public Policy blog, stating, "That report is wrong." Soghoian noticed that the White House site had served its most recent video address using a Flash-based video player hosted by Akamai rather than YouTube. He took that as a sign that the White House had changed horses. But White House spokesperson Nick Shapiro told The New York Times , "...the change was simply an experiment." The Obama administration's ...
White House 'tests' video without YouTube
ZDNet Government —
... But the White House denies that, the Times reports. The change was just a test, nothing permanent, a spokesman said. “As the president continues his goal of making government more accessible and transparent, this week we tested a new way of presenting the president’s weekly address by using a player developed in-house,” [Nick] Shapiro said in a statement. “This decision is more about better understanding our internal capabilities than it is a position on third-party solutions or a policy. The weekly address was also published in third-party video hosting communities and we ...
White House: We’re Cool With YouTube
Mashable! —
... However, today the New York Time reports that the White House did not give up on YouTube; they were merely “experimenting” with a new video player. As White House spokesman Nick Shapiro put it: “As the president continues his goal of making government more accessible and transparent, this week we tested a new way of presenting the president’s weekly address by using a player developed in-house. This decision is more about better understanding our internal capabilities than it is a position on third-party solutions or a policy. The weekly address was ...
Linkpost | 3.3.2009
TechBlog —
... - In the rural South, Internet access runs below 50 percent. • White House denies shunning YouTube - Reports indicated it was going with Akamai due to privacy issues, but the White House reps say otherwise. Also ...
News Bits: White House Denies Ditching YouTube
Contentinople: —
... (Nasdaq: GOOG). But today in The New York Times , White House spokesman Nick Shapiro denied any change in policy , saying they were just experimenting: As the president continues his goal of making government more accessible and transparent, this week we tested a new way of presenting the presidents weekly address by using a player developed in-house. This decision is more about better understanding our internal capabilities than it is a position on third-party solutions or a policy. The weekly address was also published in third-party video hosting communities and we ...
White House Still Cool with YouTube
WebProNews Feed —
... According to the New York Times, the White House also denies shunning YouTube. What the White House did do was use a different video player (hosted by whitehouse.gov itself) in the latest Presidential address. ...
Akamai Mum on Presidential Video Plans
Xconomy —
... But according to a White House statement quoted last night in the New York Times Bits Blog, the administration hasn’t changed its policy on YouTube videos. Saturday’s switch was merely an experiment, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said. Google itself ...
White House: Switch From YouTube To Akamai Was About Options, Not Privacy Concerns
paidContent —
... for the President's weekly video chats because of privacy complaints; White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the switch to Akamai was "more about better understanding our internal capabilities than it is a position on third-party solutions or a policy," per the NYT. ...
