http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/22386/how_youtube_is_replacing_the_soundbite_with_the_soundblast Comments for "How YouTube is Replacing the Soundbite with the Soundblast" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/22386/how_youtube_is_replacing_the_soundbite_with_the_soundblast#comment-1834 <p>If the average YouTube clip is 9.75 minutes and the average TV sound bite is 7.2 seconds, then the actual difference is more than 81 times as long, not 10 times because the two numbers are in different units.</p> <p>9.75 minutes equals 585 seconds. 585 seconds divided by 7.2 seconds is 81.25. </p> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:13:25 -0500 theflyer comment 1834 at http://www.techpresident.com http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/22386/how_youtube_is_replacing_the_soundbite_with_the_soundblast <p>New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley writes that "Debates give candidates a chance to break loose of YouTube-ification and speak for themselves at length." She couldn't be more wrong about YouTube.</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/22386/how_youtube_is_replacing_the_soundbite_with_the_soundblast">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/22386/how_youtube_is_replacing_the_soundbite_with_the_soundblast#comment Alessandra Stanley debates YouTube Youtubeification Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:21:33 -0500 Micah L. Sifry 22386 at http://www.techpresident.com