P.J. Bednarski

by P.J. Bednarski , Staff Writer @pjbtweet, December 9, 2014 On Sept. 13, 1899, Henry Hale Bliss stepped off a streetcar at 74th and Central Park West, walked right into the path of a taxicab and into the record books. He was the first person in the Americas to be killed by a car. Getting killed by a car was a new thing, and very big news. The Ooyala Q3 Global Video Index is the opposite of that.

by P.J. Bednarski @pjbtweet, 6 minutes ago Still from a video by Shannon Beveridge. Consumers don’t recognize it, but a lot of the video they see in commercials come from stock video companies with vast libraries of places and people. “You never notice it, but it’s always there. Stock video is the secret weapon of ‘creatives’ everywhere,” says Sydney Carlton.

by P.J. Bednarski @pjbtweet, 10 minutes ago Go into a supermarket and you’ll find the seltzer water products are one place. And you’ll find the hard seltzer cans are in a different aisle. But there isn’t a crossover hit. Now, Spindrift Sparkling Water, a seltzer brand that reportedly draws raves for its fruity flavors, has introduced Spindrift Spiked, with the same fruit-forward profile, and the new 4% alcohol-by-volume version is also getting raves in online reviews.