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2/18/2008 Real World Press in Virtual Worlds examined the attraction virtual worlds have for Reuters, CNN and CMP, with commentary from Second Life blogger Prokofy Neva. Eric Krangel represented Reuters, Rhonda Lowry represented CNN/Turner Broadcasting, and John Jainschigg represented CMP.

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Last Monday, February 18th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics convened a panel to discuss "Real World Press in Virtual Worlds. Our Guests included:

- Eric Krangel of Reuters Press
- John Jainschigg of CMP Metaverse
- Rhonda Lowry of Turner Broadcasting
- Prokofy Neva of SecondThoughts.

Broadcasting live on SLCN.tv from CMP Amphitheatre, this event discussed:

- How does a presence in Second Life fit into the corporate strategies of real world profit seeking media giants?
- What is the impact of real world media on the Second Life community?

This post also contains some highlights of the event, after the jump.

Materials related to this program are now compiled here.

Download the video (Quicktime)
Download the audio (MP3)
Read the interview transcript
Read the backchat
Metaversed video archive at SLCN
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Last Monday, February 18th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics convened a panel to discuss "Real World Press in Virtual Worlds. Our Guests included:

- Eric Krangel of Reuters Press
- John Jainschigg of CMP Metaverse
- Rhonda Lowry of Turner Broadcasting
- Prokofy Neva of SecondThoughts.

Broadcasting live on SLCN.tv from CMP Amphitheatre, this event discussed:

- How does a presence in Second Life fit into the corporate strategies of real world profit seeking media giants?
- What is the impact of real world media on the Second Life community?

This post also contains some highlights of the event, after the jump.

Materials related to this program are now compiled here.

This Monday, February 18th, 2008, at 11:00AM-12:00PM SLT (2:00-3:00PM EST) Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will host members of the press to discuss the topic, "Real World Press in Virtual Worlds."

Our guests will include:

I spent half an hour talking with Scott Simon of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, which resulted in this five minute story on the air yesterday. It was scheduled in advance, but I was still surprised when it happened...Scott Simon's voice is as comfortable as old shoes, and it was rather disconcerting to realize that he was talking to me . I rarely talk back to the radio. (I reserve that for conservative talk show hosts.)

They did a reasonable job of editing. I still need to work on getting to the point quickly enough for radio. (Cornell is actually going to be training some of us wonky academics to just say what we have to say, and then stop). But overall, I feel I did a reasonable job on the hardest part of talking about Second Life's economy--explaining why it has one in the first place. If I had it to do over again, I would say it like this (follow the link below for more):