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Screenshot video blog | |
Employees | Fewer than 10 |
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URL | bloggingheads |
Registration | Optional (required to comment) |
Launched | November 1, 2005 |
Current status | Active |
Bloggingheads.tv (sometimes abbreviated "bhtv") is a political, world events, philosophy, and science
Unregistered users are able to view all of the videos which are contained on the site, while free registration is required to comment on the individual discussions, or participate in the forums.
In April 2022, Wright announced that Bloggingheads will be ending, stating that "the era in which Bloggingheads makes sense is kinda over."[3]
Format
Bloggingheads discussions are conducted via
Most of the discussions posted to Bloggingheads.tv involve well known (or semi-well known) journalists, bloggers,
Regular segments
Although most episodes and matchups do not occur on any kind of a regular basis, there are a few notable exceptions to this. There is a frequent diavlog matchup between the two co-founders of Bloggingheads.tv, Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus, generally related to politics in some form, that usually occurs on either Wednesday or Thursday. While some of the other diavloggers are frequently matched against each other (e.g. David Corn & James Pinkerton) there is usually not a regularly scheduled time at which they take place.
"Science Saturday" was the name given to the weekly episode appearing on Saturday that was always science related. Its last episode was released on December 24, 2011.
"The Week in Blog" was a weekly segment which normally appeared on the site on Fridays. Its last episode was released on March 7, 2012.
History
On November 1, 2005, the site launched, with Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus as the only two initial participants in the video discussions.[17] The site has since featured more than one thousand other diavloggers.
On October 18, 2006, a site redesign was launched, with a revised home page and improved functionality: ability to comment on diavlogs was added, and to participate in forum discussions.[18]
In January 2007, it was announced that cable TV pioneer and
On March 24, 2007, in a diavlog between Garance Franke-Ruta and Ann Althouse, Althouse became quite animated and angry (to the point of yelling) over a comment Franke-Ruta made (in reference to an earlier controversy involving Jessica Valenti and former US president Bill Clinton[19][20][21]) referred to as an on-air "meltdown" by some.[22] This led to many blog posts and news stories in the following days on both the initial controversy and Althouse's on air behavior.[23][24][25][26]
On October 13, 2007, a conversion to
On October 24, 2007, Bloggingheads.tv entered into a relationship with The New York Times, whereby selected video segments from the Bloggingheads site would appear in the "Videos" section on the Times website, under the Opinion subsection.[28][29]
On December 13, 2007, a site redesign took place which removed the familiar green pages in favor of a more "Web 2.0"-look, featuring more user generated content, new navigation, new forum software for the "comments" section, and other updated features.[30]
In 2008, several new segments and diavloggers were added or made more regular, including "Free Will", "This Week in Blog", and "UN Plaza". Other updates and tweaks to the site, such as the addition of the MP4 video format were also gradually phased in.
In April 27, 2022, during an appearance on "the DMZ," Wright announced that Bloggingheads will be ending, with the remaining segments moving to their own independent platforms.[31]
Media recognition
Traditional media outlets, such at The New York Times[5] and others,[32] have written mostly favorable reviews of Bloggingheads.tv. Stories are also often written about individuals who take part in the video discussions,[33] as they are often well known individuals in the scientific, academic, journalism, or blogosphere community.
The majority of coverage of the site, however, has been in the form of blog coverage[citation needed] sometimes on the form of the blog of the person participating in the Bloggingheads discussion, and sometimes in the form of other blogs.
Some events and personality appearances on Bloggingheads.tv have led to larger than usual amounts of media coverage, such as the March 24, 2007 Ann Althouse controversy described above, and the appearance of Andrew Sullivan on December 26, 2006 and January 1, 2007, when he discussed in the most clear terms up to that point his reversal of viewpoint on the Iraq War, and his plea of apology for supporting it in the first place.[34][35]
Contributors to Bloggingheads.tv
Apart from the regular contributors, a host of well known occasional guests have appeared, usually in the form of being interviewed. Among others, the political scientist
See also
- Digital television
- Interactive television
- Internet television
- Video on demand
- Video podcast
- Political podcast
- Web TV
- Webcast
References
- ^ "BusinessWeek Profiles Robert Wright's BloggingHeads.tv | The New America Foundation". Newamerica.net. July 3, 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "Eat The Press | Bloggingheads Gets A Cash Infusion From Angel Investor Rosencrans: "Obviously There Is The Possibility Of Financial Gain, But That's Not The Point"". The Huffington Post. January 26, 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ A Biden-Trump Rematch? | Bill Scher, Matt K. Lewis & Robert Wright | The DMZ, retrieved April 28, 2022
- ^ Bloggingheads.tv Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Bellafante, Ginia (May 4, 2006). "Watching Rigorous Talk on a He Said, He Said Blog". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Science Saturday". Bloggingheads.tv.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "'PZ Myers on Blogging Heads' by BloggingHeads.tv - RichardDawkins.net". RichardDawkins.net. July 22, 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "The Loom : Tomorrow: Talking To Craig Venter". Scienceblogs.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Phil Plait ditches bloggingheads, too!". Archived from the original on September 10, 2009.
- ^ "The Week in Blog". Bloggingheads.tv.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "First diavlog ever posted on". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Althouse: Let's take a closer look at those breasts". Althouse.blogspot.com. September 15, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "post 005716". Feministing. September 16, 2006. Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ Beyerstein, Lindsay (September 16, 2006). "Majikthise : Let's take a closer look at those nuts". Majikthise.typepad.com. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ 7 Diggs (March 26, 2007). "Ann Althouse loses it…". Crooks and Liars. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
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- ^ "Reason Magazine – Grande "Conservative" Blogress Diva Ann Althouse Among the "True Believers" -What Really Happened?". Reason. December 29, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Matthew Yglesias (March 27, 2007) – A Medium Comes into Its Own (Media)". The Atlantic. March 27, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ Fish, Stanley (April 21, 2001). "The New York Times > Editorials and Opinion". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Bloggingheads: The God of Baseball | New York Times Video". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Bloggingheads.tv". Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Two Bloggers Set Up a Web Site To Go Head to Head". The New York Sun. November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Econ prof Loury takes on the blogosphere – Campus News". Brown Daily Herald. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
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- ^ "Bloggingheads.tv". bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
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- ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2009.