This is a blog post about a generic brand video

Opinion

Mar 27, 20141 min

From the Department of How It’s Made

Written by Kendra Eash for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and called “This is a Generic Brand Video,” it’s also a plug for a company that makes this kind of thing possible, Dissolve Footage. And it’s done so well that all concerned deserve a little pub.

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by Paul McNamara

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In addition to my editing duties, I have written Buzzblog since January, 2006 and wrote the 'Net Buzz column in Network World's dearly departed print edition for 13 years. Feel free to e-mail me at pmcnamara@nww.com.

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