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Video 1: In which, Laurel introduces herself to strange men at the party.

I attended the party to kick off the TVNewser summit Tuesday night. For those of you not in the know, the Summit (which happens March 10th. Still time to register!) isn't just about all the pretty anchors. It's about new TV news tech tools and ways to monetize digitally.

There were over 200 people RSVP'd and about 80 people showed up at the kick-off party in Tribeca Cinemas, from producers (NBC, FOX) to bookers to strategists. I went around the room and asked folks what they wanted to see covered at the Summit. And if we are able to touch upon half their questions and concerns, this Summit is going to kick butt!

Here's a little more video, to catch you up on the flavor of the evening.

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The 2008 election might be remembered as the first one in history that was won and lost through online video. From will.i.am's brilliant "Yes We Can" clip supporting Barack Obama to the Wassup 2008 vid — viewed over 3 million times in little more than a week — never have videos been so prevalent in the campaign cycle. (It is certainly the first election where a presidential candidate had a dance-off with Ellen.)

Silicon Alley Insider's Nicholas Carlson put together a list of the 10 video clips that altered the race, including the two mentioned above and other hits from the campaign trail.

A video tour of Outside's office in Santa Fe, led by editor (and mediabistro.com interview subject) Chris Keyes.

At yesterday's opening of the 2008 American Magazine Conference, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi went on (and on and on) about her visions of the bailout in response to question from Christy Hefner.

Friday afternoon! Hooray! Let's celebrate with a video of Alex Trebek (looking remarkably like the late Bob Ross of The Joy of Painting fame) on a Canadian television show. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

(Via MyHogTown)

The Los Angeles Times has done some great work combining its print stories with its Web site. This video of LeBron James losing in a game of HORSE is not one of them. Quite frankly, we're not even sure what the paper is doing filming Bron Bron playing HORSE. We know Sam Zell's desperate for revenue, but this is ridiculous.

It is, however, remarkably entertaining and the perfect way to end our week. Have a great weekend, everyone.

(Thanks to here and here for finding and drawing our attention to the video.)

As promised, here's what the media people had to say at our "Magazines of the Future" panel last night about our top editor-filled panel's prognoses for magazines seeking dominance within the digital realm:

While we were at Outside's Santa Fe headquarters yesterday, we caught up with Outside's Go's editor Kent Black, who graciously agreed to be videotaped while walking us through his magazine's Oct/Nov lineup.

It's our first time with this video camera, and while we'll readily admit that Richard Blakeley won't be out of a job anytime soon, we're happy with the result. Where else are you going to hear an editor say his men's magazine "got a little soft," in reference to its sports coverage, of course?

(A note about Viddler, the video hosting service we're using: Click on the "+" icon and magical things happen. You can embed comments right into the video. It's like Pop Up Video without the annoying hosts. Enjoy.)

Barack Obama discussed The New Yorker cover debacle on Larry King Live. Some highlights: