WebbAlert Stops Filming; Impact For Federated Media?

Morgan Webb’s WebbAlert show has stop filming as of today. She noted in her farewell post, "When I started WebbAlert, my TV show X-Play only taped three episodes a week so I had the time to dedicate my video blog. At the beginning of the year, X-Play expanded to five episodes, and the last year has been a lot of work trying to keep up with both projects."

The show never seemed to get much play with the tech blogosphere although I can’t think of any of the "quick news recap from yesterday" shows that really have taken off in terms of traffic or attention. My guess is that some linking from X-Play may have helped.

WebbAlert was supported/sponsored by Federated Media. The FM advertising page for WebbAlert has continued to show a decline in pageviews, with 60,000/month currently being reported. The show seemed to have some sponsorship but nothing as of late although the tip jar has always remained prominent on the site. With such a small pageview number, FM shouldn’t be affected by the closure.

When WebbAlert launched we reported on the issues that surrounded the show from a linking perspective. We followed up with a post about disclosure. This past year we reported on issues with disclosure with regards to other video reporters.