Comments on: What online news producers can learn from American Idol’s David Cook

By: julie

julie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:31:21 +0000

hey i think that chris cornell is not a lesser performer, he’s actually good. also, stop implying that david cook ain’t a great performer. maybe you’re deaf or something, but he’s got massive fan base from around the globe and all he need to do to be further recognised is to have a world tour (just like any other singers). and im sure he’ll be popular and not a one trick pony. i do know that not all people like him, what im pretty sure off is that there is way too many people that do like him and his music. so stop saying things about him. be cause like i said there are way too many people that do like, even the majority of the artists in hollywood (and that would have a huge impact). we here in AUSTRALIA will support DAVID COOK all the way.. call us crazy at least were not hopeless like you..
All the negative things that you’ve said about david cook were all codswallop…

By: Deb Frawley

Deb Frawley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:37:51 +0000

You are so correct in regards to David Cook, he was the best idol contestant I’ve seen in along time. I wish I had found this blog sooner so I could have discussed it at the time :)

By: Milou

Milou — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:10:08 +0000

I’ve got a lot of visitors from Asia like Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and India on my David Cook Fan Page. I think he has absolute the potential to become a “world” star. If he gets enough time to produce a new record, he will be more than a “one-hit wonder” – I think.

By: Jo Jo

Jo Jo — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:39:42 +0000

An interesting analogy. David Cook has the potential to be a very big star. Let’s hope he gets a lot of creative freedom when he gets his record deal.

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By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:29:24 +0000

I don’t think I’d call Chris Cornell a lesser known artist.

Doing covers of covers that other people have already covered (Daytripper sounded like a guy trying to sound like David Coverdale trying to sound like Paul McCartney, which is exactly what it was) is not really something I would view as an inspirational strategy, unless you can be fairly sure that your audience is going to be roughly as ignorant as the IA audience.

By: David cook site youtube com - FeedX

David cook site youtube com - FeedX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:02:01 +0000

[...] 27 March 2008, by logan When I got into the office, my boss asked if I had watched, and that David Cook really rose above the rest with his cover of Billie Jean. I hopped right on Youtube and watched it. And, wow. I was impressed. Then I came across this post … [edit] What online news producers can learn from American Idol’s David Cook [...]

By: Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:55:15 +0000

I think you’re right Mark. But producers have to pay attention to what hasn’t worked at other sites and think about why it didn’t work – then you can step ahead of the game in tweaking the feature to improve its chances of being successful. I think too many news sites run with things that have failed miserably at other places because they want to blaze a trail rather than learning from others mistakes. That said, experimenting is a huge part of the job

By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Thursday squibs

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Thursday squibs — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:09:49 +0000

[...] What online news producers can learn from American Idol’s David Cook. I’m not an Idol fan, but I’m glad Shawn Smith is, and that he can draw some interesting lessons from the performances of one of the contestants. There’s stuff in here that can be applied to all aspects of journalism. [...]

By: Mark Hamilton

Mark Hamilton — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:40:46 +0000

In the early days of online publishing, when suddenly we commit all sorts of mayhem in print, another editor and I had a catchphrase for anything we wanted to throw at the page : “Let’s try it, and if it doesn’t work we’ll never do it again.” Worked then, suspect it may work now.