Reuters TV and the Evolution of YouTube

Jan 17, 2012 Beth Monaghan

 

Reuters TV debuted today with 10 programs that will reside on Reuters.com, which draws an audience of 40 million (the fourth most trafficked business news site) and through its YouTube channel. Of note, Anthony De Rosa, Reuters Digital’s social media editor, will host “Tech Tonic.” De Rosa has been posting updates today on Twitter (@AntDeRosa) and you can read the Reuters announcement and view the “Reuters TV Tease” for more information.

While there is no question that online video and niche programming are changing the lives of consumers, they are also changing the nature of PR, opening up new opportunities for companies to connect directly with highly engaged audiences.

The New Yorker’s John Seabrook took a thorough and insightful look at YouTube’s evolution in his January 16 piece, “Streaming Dreams,” which follows the company from its 2005 inception in a Silicon Valley garage to its acquisition by Google for $1.65 billion in 2006, and on to its October 2011 debut of “YouTube Original Channels.” VentureBeat touted this latest bit of news as “Google TV’s killer app.”

The focus of YouTube Original Channels is to harness engaged and niche audiences. As Google’s Robert Kyncl told The New Yorker, “People went from broad to narrow [in terms of content consumption], and we think they will continue to go that way—spend more and more time in the niches—because now the distribution landscape allows for more narrowness.”

By most accounts, the primary programming on YouTube’s Original Channels will be entertainment, yet a number of news organizations also have plans to publish content, including The Onion, The Wall Street Journal, Hearst and Meredith, according to Seabrook’s piece. Reuters appears to be adding its name to this list in a big way.

The PR landscape changes every day, which is a good thing for nimble PR people who can quickly adjust strategies and tactics to connect with these highly engaged audiences on the Web, on mobile, and on social.

To read more about the future of TV, check out the following articles:

Topics: Public Relations, Google, Journalism
Beth Monaghan

Since the early days working around her kitchen table, Beth has grown Inkhouse into one of the top independent PR agencies in the country. She’s been named a Top Woman in PR by PR News, a Top 25 Innovator by PRovoke, and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Beth designed Inkhouse’s signature Storytelling Workshop to mirror the literary hero’s journey and to unearth the emotional connections that bind an audience to a brand or idea. She also uses narratives to build Inkhouse’s culture, most recently through two books of employee essays, “Hindsight 2020” and “Aren’t We Lucky?”

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