Just in case any artists or arts presenters out there were worried about YouTube being too low-brow for them/their organization, this just in from the Associated Press:
In recording a video message to the Iranian people marking the
Iranian New Year, Nowruz, and distributing it online, Obama seized upon
one of the Web tools which he used so effectively during his
presidential campaign.…The 3min 35sec video entitled “A New Year, A New Beginning” was posted on the White House website at whitehouse.gov/Nowruz with captions in Farsi and also on the White House YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/whitehouse.
It
had rung up more than 100,000 views on YouTube some 16 hours after its
release and generated a stream of more than 1,000 mostly favorable
comments.Andrew Rasiej, a co-founder of the blog
TechPresident.com, which examines politics and technology, said using
the Internet allowed Obama to deliver his words directly and unfiltered
to the Iranian people.“He’s using the open platform of the
Internet to ensure his message is heard in full and not shortened where
it could be taken out of context or manipulated in a way that doesn’t
meet with his intent,” Rasiej told AFP.
I was about to brag about Hilary recording a YouTube Symphony interview via video Skype, but the President has totally schooled us. Sigh. President Obama: 38908390090232, First Chair Promotion: like, 7?
Well, he does have a massive staff and lots of brilliant people working for him, coming up with ideas, putting in the time and effort to get these things off the ground in no time.