Slate's New Web Magazine Makes the Best Use of Clipart Since Microsoft Publisher '98
 

The above is one of the videos currently on offer at SlateV, Slate.com's new video magazine that launched today (they're putting a lot of emphasis on magazine). Watch the above clip, and see if you agree with us: They basically took their popular "The Explainer" column, added a human face and some clip art, and uploaded it to Brightcove. That does not a web video magazine make, especially one that is supposed to be "an ordered universe of video, in which all the content has the irreverent wit, sharp intelligence, and counterintuitive insights that have been the hallmarks of Slate the magazine for the past 11 years."

The Dear Prudence clip after the jump, however, might change our mind.

LOL! JUST KIDDING! Same clip art gimmick. And the video crashed our browser, yey.

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No. 1 · Hollywood Bedroom » Blog Archive » Slate V Shows Glimmer of Hope

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No. 2 · Hollywood Bedroom » Blog Archive » Less Clip Art, More Fictional Murder

[...] we hated Slate V, Slate.com's recently unveiled video magazine that reeks of Infiniti. Then, we found [...]

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[...] far, we haven’t been too impressed with Slate V, Slate.com “video magazine” off shoot that launched at the end of last month. Who needs to have Emily Yoffe reading “Dear Prudence” letters aloud to them from her [...]

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No. 4 · Less Clip Art, More Fictional Murder at MyQaeda Celebrity Fashion Blog

[...] we hated Slate V, Slate.com’s recently unveiled video magazine that reeks of Infiniti. Then, we found [...]

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No. 6 · Hollywood Bedroom » Blog Archive » Those Who Love Videos Presented Hollywood Squares-Style Will Love Slate V

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[...] Now whose advice about video magazine Slate V are you going to trust: The guy who’s rubbing one off because it’s got its own URL (on sale for $8.95 at GoDaddy.com), or us? [...]

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