Ryan Osborn
Senior Director, Digital Media at NBC News
Exclusive: NBC News launches ‘Dateline Chatline’ to make broadcast more social
The web app was built by Echo and BLT, working with NBC’s digital media director Ryan Osborn, director of technology John Keegan and marketing brand manager Naomi Goldstein. LR: How is this making Dateline more social? Galloway: We estimate that 75-percent of Dateline’s social activity ... Read more »
Television Upswing in Social Media Usage
“Particularly over the last year, we’ve seen social media grow from just being the latest shiny new toy to being a really powerful tool that is integral to gathering news and telling stories,” Ryan Osborn, senior director of digital media for NBC News, told TheWrap. Integrating social ... Read more »
Election Night a Celebration of Digital Innovation at NBC News
“There’s been no better story to tell across all these different platforms than politics,” Ryan Osborn, vice president of digital innovation at NBC News, told Mashable. “Whether it’s been the conventions, the debates or as we prepare for Election Day, we’re really looking to innovate and ... Read more »
As social media hits TV, 2012 the year of "must-tweet TV"
"Particularly over the last year, we've seen social media grow from just being the latest shiny new toy to being a really powerful tool that is integral to gathering news and telling stories," Ryan Osborn, senior director of digital media for NBC News, told TheWrap. Integrating social ... Read more »
NBC Launches 2012 Election Foursquare Badges
“What’s cool about the Foursquare campaign is that there’s something for everybody,” says Ryan Osborn, senior director of digital media at NBC News. He added that he’s excited about sharing the story of the 2012 election through Foursquare’s geo-location service. “If there’s ever been a ... Read more »
NBC News hacked on Twitter
Ryan Osborn, the social media director at NBC News suspended the main account, while Twitter banned the hackers’s account. Here’s some screengrabs of the false tweets: Read more »
How NBC News Kept Richard Engel's Disappearance Secret
A senior director of digital media at NBC, Ryan Osborn, was tweeting at prominent journalists who tweeted reports telling them not to share the news "It is important not to spread this rumor/report," Osborn said. Gawker also reported -- in a 12:13 p.m. post breaking the embargo -- ... Read more »
Chute Brings Its Photo Aggregation Tools Into Real-World Locations With Chute Live
I spoke to Ryan Osborn who leads the digital media efforts at NBC, and he said the company’s partnership with Chute (which is broader than just covering the inauguration — in fact, NBC used Chute to project photos on Rockefeller Plaza on election night) is still in the experimentation ... Read more »
@NBCNews Twitter Account Hacked With Fake Terror Attack ...
Ryan Osborn, The Director of Social Media at NBC News (@Rozzy on Twitter), was very quick in addressing the hack, sending a tweet shortly after saying, “The @NBCNews account has been hacked. Read more »
Networks and Start-Ups Use Apps For Second Screen Profits
"The more our sales team talks to the clients, the more these platforms become part of the conversation," Ryan Osborn, senior director of digital media for NBC News, told TheWrap. The first signs of recognition of the power of the "second screen" began with Twitter hashtags on TV shows... Read more »
Tillinghast out as MSNBC, NBC reorg continues
NBC News Digital, which is maintaining a technology center in the Seattle area, named Ryan Osborn as vice president of digital innovation, focused on social media and "new extensions for NBC News in digital media. " Andrew Locke is vice president of mobile and devices and John Keegan is ... Read more »
Social Media Newsfeed: Zuck Takes $1 Salary
Ryan Osborn, NBC News vice president of digital innovation, took the stage to discuss one of the most important issues that has arisen for TV networks who deliver news via social: security. The shadow chancellor accidentally tweeted his own name two years ago, tickling Twitter’s funny ... Read more »
Muck Rack hosts a meetup with NBC News : CJR
Ryan Osborn, the first social media director for NBC News, stressed that journalists’ work continues beyond producing their reporting. “The job doesn’t end when you finish your story,” he said. Each platform, he added, was suitable for different types of material—Osborn ... Read more »
NBC News Twitter hack quickly quashed
It’s unclear what happened, and I’ll leave that to NBC News and Twitter to explain when they learn more (I do know that Ryan Osborn and team are very careful about password management). Read more »
Matt Lauer joins Twitter with Justin Bieber’s help, hilarity ensues
Lauer pulled in NBC’s Digital Media Director, Ryan Osborn (known in social TV circles as @rozzy ), who was watching off stage. “He has told me, if I have more than 750,000 followers by Tuesday, he will streak in the studio,” Lauer said, telling Bieber, “You have to get your people ... Read more »
Connected TV company says second-screen apps are distracting
Not sure of solution,” tweeted NBC News’ Ryan Osborn during the game. If I’m watching alone, that’s another matter. Second-screen ad experiences are still in their early days, and they have a ways to go. “So few of them were done with any forethought whatsoever,” wrote Alan Wolk... Read more »
As social media hits TV, 2012 the year of must-tweet TV (Reuters)
"Particularly over the last year, we've seen social media grow from just being the latest shiny new toy to being a really powerful tool that is integral to gathering news and telling stories," Ryan Osborn, senior director of digital media for NBC News, told TheWrap... Read more »
People on the Move 12.1.11 people on the move @ FolioMag.com
NBC News welcomes Ryan Osborn as senior director of digital media. Osborn previously served as a producer at NBC News’ Today Show. W Magazine welcomes Maura Egan as features director. Egan comes from The Huffington Post, where she served as deputy entertainment and culture editor. ... Read more »
An Interview With Ryan Osborn of NBC News
Home " Featured News " An Interview With Ryan Osborn of NBC News ... Media at NBC News. That's right – Ryan gets to work with the NBC News teams and implement ... Read more »
MediaShift . NBC's Ryan Osborn Wants to Use Social Media for ...
Ryan Osborn's story at NBC is the prototypical tale of the young aspiring journalist ... a page on "The Today Show" in 2002 to becoming the first director of ... Read more »
