Hey Atlanta Rev3 fans, I’m coming to town and would love to meet up with our local viewers for a beer and a chat.
Here are the details:
When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 8pm
Where: The Nook, 1144 Piedmont Ave NE (http://www.thenookatlanta.com/)
What else: We’re buying!
Hope to see you there!
-Jim
Hey guys! Kevin and Alex want to hear about YOUR craziest story suggestion and share it on the next episode of Diggnation. They’re hosting a couple of exclusive meetings using the very slick GoToMeeting and here’s your chance to try it, too! Here’s how to get in on the action:
1) Sign up for a free trial at GoTomeeting.com with the promo code ‘DIG‘
2) Forward your GoToMeeting “welcome” email to Kevin and Alex at this email address: gotomeeting@revision3.com
3) Watch your email to receive a personal invite to the Diggnation Round Table Session with Kevin and Alex on GoToMeeting that we’ll host on March 1st and feature on Diggnation episode 297!
Good luck and look forward to chatting with you guys at the round table session!
David Prager
Hey everyone,
We’ve got some “official corporate news” to share today (yeah, yeah, I can hear the yawns already…). But actually, it’s really good for Revision3, even though it involves the boring topic of corporate governance. So without any further bloviating, here it comes: I’m super excited to announce that Roy Bahat has joined Revision3′s Board.
Roy is a super-smart media industry exec who is currently the President of the awesome gaming media company IGN Entertainment (but to be perfectly clear, his role as a Revision3 board member will be in a personal capacity and is not related to his role at IGN).
Why Roy? Well he’s got an incredible amount of online video and digital media industry experience, which will really help us. Plus he used to work for the Mayor of New York City, which is really going to help next time we need to do an indoor shoot at Gracie Mansion. Oh, and he’s wicked smart, as his bio shows:
Roy Bahat is president of IGN Entertainment, which he joined in 2007.
IGN, a division of News Corporation, is a leader in videogame media, as well as video, digital distribution, and online game technology. Roy works closely with News Corporation to oversee the company’s broader online videogame strategy. He is also a lecturer at UC Berkeley, where he will be teaching a course on media this spring at the Haas School of Business and the School of Information.
Before joining News Corp., Roy worked on various startups and was in the public sector, both in the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and at New York’s 2012 Olympic bid. He previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Roy graduated from Harvard College. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he was also a lecturer in undergraduate math and economics.
Of course, I’m more impressed by his unofficial bio:
Roy played his first games on a Commodore VIC-20, never plays side quests, and was last spotted pretending to be on a “health kick” by playing Dance Central. His gamertag is kingalabaster.
You can also follow him at http://revision3.com/user/roybahat
Welcome Roy!
-Jim
I’m extremely proud to report that the Revision3 charity: water campaign was a HUGE success. Thanks to the generous contributions of our viewers and sponsors, we have raised more than $75,000 for charity: water over the past couple months! That’s 15 wells with more than 3,750 people given access to clean water. It was endlessly amazing to see all the donations and supportive messages from you, our viewers. With individual donations of $1 to over $2000, your commitment to supporting this campaign has been awe-inspiring.
Our top-raising show was The Young Turks with more than $16K raised by their fans, followed by the Tekzilla/HDNation combo with more than $14K in donations. Destructoid cracked the $5K barrier by holding multiple livestream gameplay telethons to raise money. We thank them for their fourLoko hangovers: it was well worth it! Our hosts and viewers weren’t the only ones to get into the race. Ford took an active interest in what we were doing and created a contest in which the winning show would get $10K donated to their charity: water campaign. Film Riot won this competition (with their Johnny Cobra video) and that brought their total raised to over $12K. Revision3 will be matching Ford’s donation to add another $10K bringing a total of $20K to charity: water on behalf of Film Riot.
Once it’s all said and done with all our campaigns, $75,000 is on its way to where it’s needed most: developing countries in desperate need of clean water. Also, any show that raised more than $5,000 will have the opportunity to name their wells, so you’ll be seeing Tekzilla, The Young Turks, Film Riot, Destructiod, Hak5 and Revison3 wells being dug all over the developing world.
We can’t express our gratitude strongly enough. Thank you all for your support of all our shows in their efforts to make a difference to countless lives across the oceans. We look forward to working with our friends at charity: water on more projects in the future.
All of us here at Revision3 are ecstatic to announce the launch of our first ever Official Revision3 Street Team – The Revision3 Ambassadors!
We’ve seen your loyalty to Revision3 and are so excited to be able to create an opportunity for you to get officially involved. So we’ve put together the Revision3 Ambassador program just for that! This is your chance to be a part of the Internet television revolution! By spreading the word about new show launches, live events, company news, apps and products, you’ll be helping us grow the Revision3 community. And, to make it even sweeter, we’ll return the favor with awesome custom Street Team swag, front of line VIP access at events, behind the scenes special goodies, and more!
Now, we want to hear from you and why you would be the best Revision3 Ambassador! If you want in, get started now! All you have to do is create a video no longer than 5 minutes saying why we need you for our Street Team. Take it as an opportunity to shine! Tell us why you’re so awesome, brag about all the fancy software you know how to use, and tell us where you find yourself on the Internetz most often. We only want the best and know you have what it takes.
So what’ya say? For specific details and more info on how to join, head over to Revision3.com/StreetTeam NOW!