GET LOST

GET LOST Ep. 7: Hyperlocals and hyperactive buyouts

lostremote — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:29:00 +0000

There’s a lot of acquisition money floating out there, and in this podcast, Cory and Steve mull over what Lost Remote would get on the open market in a buyout. (Consensus: Beer.) Also, we discuss the strange things readers obsess over at LR, the new hyperlocal sites popping up from traditional media companies, Steve’s recent “work” in Spain, and what he hopes to find in Aruba next week (more beer.)

GET LOST Ep. 6: NBBC, CNN and a Masthead Dog

lostremote — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:41:12 +0000

CNN relaunches, NBBC crashes on takeoff and the affiliates are just trying to stay airborne. Cory Bergman and Steve Safran plow this week’s changes in convergence media and ponder the ever-present philosophical question: should a news site put a dog in its masthead? Celebrate America’s birthday by having a beer with episode six of GET LOST.

GET LOST Episode 5: The Cross-Country Experience

lostremote — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:59:14 +0000

This week, we record GET LOST via Skype, with Cory in Seattle and me in Boston. It’s the first episode of GL where we’re not actually together in a room and man, does it sound like it. Still, not bad considering we’re 3,000 miles and several beers apart. In this podcast, we discuss the recent trend of private equity firms purchasing local stations - and whether those stations’ web efforts are a “drag” on station values. We also chat about ABC News’s recent move to cut traditional jobs and beef up digital jobs. All that, in glorious monophonic sound, in this episode of GET LOST.

GET LOST: Episode 4 - Revenge of the Consultant

lostremote — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:42:13 +0000

Cory takes a turn in the interview chair (about time) and presses me for dirt on Consultant Life. (HInt: the word “evil” gets used.) We also discuss who is responsible for stories on news sites that aren’t relevant to the audience. (Hint: it’s not always management.) All that, plus Cory’s third beer of the day, in Episode Four of GET LOST.

GET LOST: Episode 3

lostremote — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:00:18 +0000

So whatever happened to that T-Shirt contest of ours? Cory and I talk about that, plus what we mean by “The Web is Not TV” and how web sales are different from TV sales. Also - beer. Welcome to episode 3 of “Get Lost.”

GET LOST: Episode 2

lostremote — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:17:50 +0000

Really, we should call this “Episode 1, Part 2,” but we’re stretching our discussion from NYC to fill several shows. This is in the finest tradition of television and radio. Here, Cory and I discuss the finer points of the online world. Also - beer. We chat about Kate’s site, SeattleChic.com and Terry Heaton’s fun with CompUSA. I also answer some of your comments about Episode 1. Keep ‘em coming…

GET LOST: The new podcast from Lost Remote

lostremote — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:00:42 +0000

We hear podcasting is going to be big. Paris Hilton big. So we thought we’d try it out. Cory and I met up in New York City and, of course, had to talk shop. In episode one, season one of “Get Lost,” I grill Cory on the previously undisclosed and possibly scandalous origins of Lost Remote. We also tackle the topic “Is Paris Hilton news?” We do this for the sole purpose of improving download numbers.