Yahoo TechTicker To Go After CNBC Crowd
Michael Arrington
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Yahoo has long had visions of owning a successful live finance video show. They launched Finance Vision in March 2000, a streaming finance news show that was closed down in June 2002 (here’s the first show, and here’s the last show).
More recently, it is rumored that ex-Yahooer Lloyd Braun personally championed a streaming news site that would be hosted by puppets (I’m not kidding). Thankfully, the show was shot down by someone, or everyone, before it could actually launch.
But the goal of having a popular online finance video show hasn’t died. And technology and user interfaces have evolved significantly since 2002, making the idea more realistic. Yahoo thinks a variation on Finance Vision can now be successful, we hear. Early rumors about the new show were mostly right, but two sources have now confirmed many of the details to us, and added a lot more information.
First, the show will be called TechTicker, and it launches in January. The goal is to attract the CNBC crowd - people who want to be immersed in finance news all day long.
The hosts include Henry Blodget (Silicon Alley Insider), Sarah Lacy (Business Week columnist) and Paul Kedrosky, plus one additional person who has yet to be named. The team will produce 10-20 original segments per week day, which will be shown live on the site. When live content isn’t streaming, old content will show on a loop.
The site will also include text blog posts on breaking finance news, to augment the video content.
I think Dot Com now esp Video sites is a good idea, and Internet Tv can also germinate revenue. The key are marketing and differentiation.
http://tekno-world.blogspot.com
Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture blog would make a good host. He’s probably too busy making money.
Michael, could we talk about doing some version of your blog for the sport industry
I’m itching to get involved with the ‘crunch’. I’ll work with you on whatever you like… I’m up on the latest trends!!!
Great idea for yahoo to opreate live finance video show in internet, although it seems to be a bit difficult at the begining. But with the affiliate of Henry Blodget , Sarah Lacy and Paul Kedrosky, this time the live show will be much different from last time. It may come great business oppotunity for yahoo.
And by the way anyone knows whose technology will yahoo use to operate this site?
Do believe I need to throw in my 2 cents here. I think the two biggest things that would help Yahoo! in their financial advising escapades is a better portfolio tracker and a regular financial podcast. People want an easy to follow stock tracker and and a daily news source that keeps their subscribers on the cutting edge of material… a live finance video though? *yawn*
I’m not watching any show that’s hosted by Henry Blodget.
Here’’s an excerpt from Wikipedia
“In 2002, Eliot Spitzer published Merrill Lynch e-mails in which Blodget allegedly gave assessments about stocks, which conflicted with what was publicly published.[4] In 2003, he was charged with civil securities fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He settled without admitting or denying the allegations and was subsequently banned from the securities industry for life.”
And why would I want to watch a show hosted by him? I wouldn’t be able to trust a word that came out of his mouth.
Ouch. Nuff said (thanks MJ).
Hey Trent, could you please tell us more about your opinions, your aspirations to work with the Crunch, and opinion your lucrative connections with the sports industry? Inquiring minds want to know!
Best,
The Hater
http://tekno-world.blogspot.com (it’s my sweet new blog, everyone totally check it out!)
FYI, Henry Blodget is the guy who predicted Google will see $2000 price tag, http://www.alleyinsider.com/20.....2000-.html, and he once was banded from the securities industry for life.
Absolutely, of course I’m answering to someone who does have “hater” in their name (even if it is fake!).
First off, I have no connection to Michael Arrington and am just a huge fan of Tech Crunch. I would simply like to involve the sport industry in his blog in some capacity. More now then ever the latest trends in the tech world should be followed (at least I hope!) by people in the sport industry. I know I am!
I fully believe that incorporating the newest trends in tech will help sport franchises stay on top of culture. As more people become affluent with what the internet and latest technology have to offer there is an obvious integration into their everyday lives. The sport industry is not going to go away of course, and I believe that if companies (franchises, leagues, etc.) stay abreast on what’s new in the tech world they’ll be able to offer their own piece of the pie to people.
As for my background, I’ve got just over ten years experience in the sport industry mainly pushing for sports that are striving for attention. For example, I’ve worked with soccer, ice hockey and lacrosse heavily now. There are countless things for me to still learn but I feel that staying on top of these trends will help me increase awareness for the teams I’m working with (and sports in general). On the basic level I feel that the entertainment and sport industries have a say in these new developments but don’t think they have a voice yet!
Does that help Hater?
-T
Damn I really would’ve liked to see an episode of that puppet news show… I hope he’ll change his mind and try that again. It just sounds grotesquely funny.
Ew.
I worked at Yahoo! during the FinanceVision days, and I thought it was kind of pretentious (since we were the hot stock when it launched) and embarrassing (as the production was low-budget - and based in Santa Clara - ?? ). This was at a time when I lived and breathed CNBC.
I kind of lumped it in with the broadcast.com acquisition as something which makes me wince to this day.
Stick to core competencies Yahoo!
Yo! #8, yeah you, Fake Hater!
Use some scope!
Your breath is so bad it’s coming through my speakers!
Henry Blodget: he keeps turning up like a bad penny—which is about what a lot of the stocks he recommended to his clients and to the public when he was at Merrill Lynch were worth. We should all be so lucky as to screw customers right and left, operate in bad faith over a significant period of time, become a self-aggrandizing pundit on TV, and then be given an absolutely fabulous second chance—-or, since this is about the fourth time he has been given a forum by a major media outlet—-a third, fourth, and fifth chance.
I have very little respect for any company that chooses to hire him over people for whom integrity is as important a value as savvy and camera-readiness. Wait, let me amend that: I have NO respect for such a company.
henry blodget made his own comeback, his own second chance– he founded Silicon Alley Insider and in a short time it has become almost as much of a must read in the tech investing scene as techcrunch DESPITE being based in new york. your characterization is unfair and inaccurate. i have great respect for his decision to put himself back out there, knowing people like “doan tire blodget” will blindly attack anything he does.
Houndwire –
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