Happy New Media Year

First there was YouTube, then there were the YouTube Debates.

Now, new media, specifically open-access free video, is gaining considerable legitimacy.

For example, here is Japanese Priminister Yasuo Fukuda's New Years Address - on YouTube, shot specifically FOR YouTube..



This on the heels of Queen Elizabeth's Christmas Speech which kicked off The Royal Channel on YouTube...



Things are changing. To parapharse the Queen, the key is to learn what to embrace, and what to discard...