Herb Scannell is resigning as CEO of broadband video company, Next
New Networks (note: the latter describes itself as "a new kind of media
company, creating micro-television networks over the Internet for
targeted communities, bringing together elements of TV programming
and Internet philosophy to allow viewers to contribute, share and
distribute content"). He will, however, retain his role as executive
chairman of the company, which has raised around $23 million in
venture capital to date. "Thus far, we've been videocentric, built our
network model, and got distribution and advertising up and running,"
Scannell wrote in a posting on his blog. "Now, I want to see us go
