Learn from the marketing and branding strategies of executives at ESPN, HBO, TV Guide Magazine at our event, AllFacebook Marketing Conference, December 4-5 in New York City. You’ll gain important insight on the big opportunities and fast-changing risks that are quickly emerging across the Facebook and mobile social landscape. Register before midnight tonight and save.

Sabrina Caluori, Vice President of Social Media and Performance at HBO, will address attendees on Integrating Facebook Into Your Marketing Strategy. An award-winning digital marketer, Caluori was responsible for the concept, building, and launch of HBO’s innovative social TV website, HBO Connect.

Ryan Spoon, Senior Vice President, Product Development at ESPN Digital Media, will teach you how to leverage social media and the Facebook newsfeed to improve your business model and outreach. Spoon is responsible for the digital product development of ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, WatchESPN, ESPN3, Fantasy, and Social Media.

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Let’s try this again. Hurricane Sandy spoiled our fun last month, but we are back and ready to host another TVNewser and TVSpy party.

Your TVNewser and TVSpy editors will be on hand to play host and talk politics, Petraeus and pina coladas (or whatever your preferred drink is). The details:

TVNewser & TVSpy Party

Monday, November 19

sideBar

118 E 15th St (on Irving Place, a block from Union Square)

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

If you’ve attended our parties before, you know that sharing a few drinks with us is a great way to connect with other TV news professionals. So RSVP here and we’ll see you next week.

Tomorrow marks the launch of Mediabistro’s Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an interactive online event and workshop. Over eight weeks, you’ll hear from keynote speakers, attend practical how-to sessions, and undertake strategic assignments to provide dynamic training on social media.

By the end of the program, you will create an integrated strategic plan, using various social media platforms, to build an engaged audience and convert traffic into sales. This year we are also launching an industry track dedicated to entertainment and social TV. There’s still time to sign up, so register here.

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Excuse us while we take a little time to gloat, and thank you for continuing to spend part of your day checking in to TVNewser.

Today TVNewser published its 35,000th post. It was this post, our latest episode of Cubes on Newsweek & The Daily Beast. (By the way, all of our MediabistroTV shows can be seen on our YouTube channel. Check them out when you have a minute.)

TVNewser also just finished its best month ever with more than 3.2 million page views and 1.7 million unique visitors. Our coverage from the RNC and DNC, stories related to 9/11/12, the tragedy at the embassy in Benghazi and the unfortunate end to a car chase on Fox News last week — our most-read story ever — led to a record month. And we’re on track for a record year.

So thanks to all of you for sticking with us over the years, from when Brian put up that first post on CableNewser almost 9 years ago to today. It’s been a blast watching the site, and Mediabistro, grow — including adding other great media sites to our network like TVSpy and LostRemote.

We hope we’ve kept you informed and entertained with the News about the News and made this a place where you can take part: to discuss, react, complain and opine about the ever-evolving always entertaining TV news business.

-Chris

On October 18, Mediabistro brings you Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an interactive online event and workshop. The event includes keynote speakers, practical how-to sessions, and strategic assignments to provide a dynamic training on social media. By the end of eight weeks, you will create an integrated strategic plan, using various social media platforms, to build an engaged audience and convert traffic into sales. This year we are also launching an industry track dedicated to entertainment and social TV

Early bird rates are available today. Save $100 when you sign up before they end tomorrow, September 20.

The speakers include:

Michael Bepko, Global Online Community Manager, Whole Foods

Brian Carter, Author, LinkedIn For Business

Keidra Chaney, Digital Content Strategist, The Web Farm

Lauren Cucinotta, Branding + Editorial Manager, TEDx

Jennifer Dubrow, Global Social Business Transformation Leader, Inside Sales, IBM

Frank Eliason, Senior Vice President of Social Media, Citibank

Jim Hopkinson, Digital Marketing Strategist + Blogger, The Hopkinson Report

Barbara Pantuso, Director of Product Strategy, Huge

Dr. Jay Parkinson, Pediatrician and Social Entreprenuer

Andrew Patterson, Director of New Media, MLB Advanced Media

Dave Pickett, Social Media Editor, University of Chicago

Amy Porterfield, Author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies

Brian Ries, Senior Editor, Social Media, Newsweek & The Daily Beast

Jennifer Rubio, Social Media Marketing Manager, Warby Parker

Steven Tristan Young, Director, Acquisition Marketing and Brand Awareness, Seamless.com

This year, we have developed industry tracks designed to focus on specific needs of three industries: restaurants, higher education, and entertainment + social TV. Led by an expert, each break-out group allows your to pose specific questions, connect with others, and engage in productive conversation.

Our industry track leaders include:
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Do you want to hone your video producing or on-camera skills? Interested in getting some intensive training on how to be an on-air reporter? Well have we got a deal for you.

Mediabistro is running a contest, asking for your stories about the best teacher you ever had. Everyone who participates gets $50 off a Mediabistro course, with the top five stories getting $100 off a course, and the number one story getting a free course.

Among the courses we are offering: Intro to TV News Reporting, On-Camera Training: 6-Session Self-Paced Course and Create Quick Video for the Web.

Just click here to see the rules and regulations, and let us know your story! The contest ends Friday.

In Mediabistro’s Intro to TV News Reporting class, freelance reporter Wendy Gillette (who you may recognize from NBC News, WCBS, and CBS Newspath), will show you how to write, deliver, and produce news that’s timely, concise, and relevant. You’ll learn the fundamentals of television reporting while you manage tight deadlines, draft news scripts, and appear onscreen.

We’ll review piece-structuring techniques, how to deliver live coverage, and how to set up and conduct an on-camera interview. Plus, you’ll shoot two segments for use in your demo reel.

In this class, you will learn how to:

• Draft a TV news script that’s informative and entertaining
• Write and speak for a television audience
• Deliver a news stand-up
• Set up feature pieces
• Understand the editing process and translate your needs to editors
• Adapt your tone for breaking news

As a reader of TVNewser, we’d like to offer you a $75 discount. Just use the code SPY75 on the checkout page. Class starts March 12 in Midtown NYC. Click here to register.