I don’t know how she does it.
Michelle Malkin — wife, mother of two, author of three books, syndicated columnist, speaker, FOX News guest host, and prolific blogger extraordinaire — has started a new venture called Hot Air, a conservative Internet broadcast network.
From the site:
I formed Hot Air Network, LLC, to bring ideological diversity—because we all love diversity–to the videoblogging world. And because it looked like a lot of fun.
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Our mission at Hot Air is to:
- Expose new viewers to the revolutionary world of videoblogging, animation, and Internet broadcasting;
- Recruit dynamic, enterprising people with creative skills from across the country to help us challenge (and CONQUER!) the dinosaur broadcast media outlets;
- Laugh. Report. Laugh. Entertain. Laugh. Inform. Laugh. Make money. Did we say laugh?
Michelle and company are catching a hot new wave: on-demand Internet video. With free services like YouTube.com, users can quickly and easily upload homemade videos, advertisements, movie trailers, etc.
I don’t get the homemade video craze, but millions do. YouTube is part of a growing online video trend, and the site has drawn 9 million visitors in the U.S. alone since its début in February 2005. Google has gotten into the act with Google Video. In addition to homemade videos, you can download episodes of TV programs. A couple of weeks ago I missed an episode of one of my favorite shows, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and downloaded it from Google Video.
Advertisers are attracted to the high traffic and potential to market their products directly to and (more importantly) through regular people. With the decline in print advertising and the proliferation of commercial-skipping devices like TiVo, companies must find new ways to reach consumers. The possibilities are endless.
On a darker note, Michelle and her family are moving for security reasons. Last week she blogged about anti-war protestors at the University of California at Santa Cruz and posted contact information from a press release. Needless to say, some of the Internet’s anonymous freaks called the students and sent threatening e-mail. In retaliation, someone posted pictures of Michelle’s family, telephone number, and home address on a public site. She stood her ground and wasn’t intimidated, but her children’s safety comes first.
Brian Maloney of The Radio Equalizer has more info and links. It’s no secret that I’m one of Michelle’s biggest supporters, and I wish her much success! 
Visit Hot Air and register to comment. The registration period is limited, so get over there and sign up.
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Sources:
- Hot Air press release
- Upstart Web site steals show
- Buzz grows around YouTube
- Rush Is on for Web-Delivered Video
Interested in the CIA leak story? (for some reason, I find it boring) Read all about it at Hot Air.
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Thanks for the info. Michelle’s website isn’t loading for me today. It took three attempts but I was finally allowed to register. Looks like this might work. Now if only someone would notice that I’ve posted comments on this internet thing….
Thanks for the link La Shawn. I saw where Michelle mentioned she was starting a “new” venture and we would know more today
I like it.
Fantastic Idea. I assume LaShawn, you will follow suit?
I’d love to follow suit, bucktown…one day.
Me, too, LaShawn. I’ve read the about page and saw all the specifications and equipment she uses to do what she does. Upon purchase of my next computer system, I’ll be including those products and doing likewise.
Few people have as much energy and stamina as Michelle Malkin. She is a brave woman with a voice worthy of being heard. Although, frankly, I would have preferred another name for this endeavor other than Hot Air; the connotation for this term is not the most becoming. Nonetheless, I wish her the best.
Dalsan is right, I suggested on the Hot Air Blog that it should be “Chill Wind.”
My dislike for Malkin aside, I have to wonder what exactly was going through her head when she chose that name for her new video blog. I am interested to see it though.
Ok, after watching it I have to say I liked the idea behind it (as expected I disagree with most of what she had to say), but I’m curious what purpose the video format serves other than showing the flashes of diagrams. To me that particular “post” would have been just as effective if it had been written on her normal blog with a link to the diagrams. But I think the potential for video blogging is huge, if the blogger takes advantage of the “video” part of it to differentiate from their normal blog.
I saw 2 good differences between her vlog and blog. Her blog is 95% quotes and 5% her writing, but the vlog is mainly her commentary so you actually get an opinion instead of a regurgitation of other’s opinions. The 2nd difference is that she is allowing comments on the vlog, although out of 57 comments there are 0 that disagree with her. Given her recent developments I find that hard to believe so it looks like she is heavily censoring, but at least it’s a step in the right direction.
I’m sickened by Michelle Malkin.
Oh, BGad, you are just upset because MM doesn’t “know her place”, or put her support behind the approved-of party. I, for one, support her right to be both a woman AND a minority, and to support whomever she wants!!
It appears the girl has the golden touch. I guess it is her time…
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