LDS Media Talk

Mormon Messages has posted a new video that focuses on the importance of freedom and being thankful for the freedoms we are blessed to have.

What freedoms are you grateful for?

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I am pleased to report that the free Mormon Channel iPhone application is now available. This application allows iPhone users to tune into content being broadcast on the Mormon Channel, as well as listen to audio recordings of General Conference addresses, magazine articles, and the Church’s standard works. This application also works on the iPod Touch.

We are working on something similar for other mobile phones.

Get the Mormon Channel iPhone app

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This special Father’s Day Mormon Messages video is one of my personal favorites. We encourage you to watch, rate, and comment on this video and then share it with your family and friends. If you have a Facebook page or blog, we greatly appreciate you posting this video so others become aware of it. Happy Father’s Day!

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Now up on Mormon Messages. Point of interest: Mormon Messages recently passed 3 million views!

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Mormon Messages has posted a new video about trusting in the Lord when it doesn’t seem like our righteous desires are coming to pass.

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Mormon Messages has posted a new video by Elder Quentin L. Cook about facing trials and adversity. With all that is going on in the world right now, I feel this message is particularly relevant.

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Thank you to those who recently completed the survey about Church-produced audio content. The information gathered was helpful in launching the new Mormon Channel and will continue to be helpful as the Church develops new programming for the station. As a follow-up to the survey, we are planning to conduct focus groups in the Salt Lake area to gather additional information related to audio content preferences and consumption. If you are willing to participate, please send an email to mcdonaldjk@ldschurch.org. If you don’t live near Salt Lake City, we would still love to hear your feedback and suggestions regarding the Mormon Channel. You can send these to radio@ldschurch.org.  Thank you for your support.

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The following video featuring the newest Apostle, Elder Neil L. Andersen, is now available on the Mormon Messages YouTube channel.

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Mormon Messages (the Church’s official YouTube channel) has posted a new video from Elder Gérald Caussé who teaches us how simple it can be to understand the gospel, no matter our age or intellectual capacity. Please watch, rate, comment, and then share with others.

We are currently working on a new video that highlights the teachings of Elder Neil L. Andersen that should be available shortly.

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A new Mormon Messages video called “A Book with a Promise” by Elder Craig C. Christensen is now available. Please view, rate, and comment.

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As a follow-up to the recent Why Mormons Build Temples video which has had over 310,000 views, the Church has posted a new video titled The Blessings of the Temple. It provides additional information on how temples bless individuals and families.

Please view the video and consider posting it on your Facebook profile, blog, or personal webpage. In this way, you can help the Church distribute accurate information about our temples to the world. Other ways you can help include the following:

1. If you have not already done so, please subscribe to the MormonMessages channel. This will alert you when new videos are posted and will give the channel greater visibility on YouTube.
2. Rate and comment on the videos available on MormonMessages.
3. Mark your favorite MormonMessages videos as “Favorites.” This increases the visibility of these videos on YouTube.
4. Tell friends, family members, and ward members about this video and the new MormonMessages channel. Many Saints are still unaware of this new resource which makes it easy to share the gospel online.
5. Join the MormonMessages Facebook Group and invite others to join as well.

Your help and support are greatly appreciated. Together, we can take the messages of the living Prophets and Apostles to the world.

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Over the weekend, the MormonMessages YouTube channel was awarded two distinctions—#9 most-subscribed channel (this week) and #29 most-subscribed channel (this month). We continue to receive an overwhelmingly positive response to these weekly video offerings. Between Facebook and YouTube, we are close to having 10,000 subscribers. Having recently obtained Content Partner status, we are now in the process of determining what can be customized on the channel to improve the user experience.

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The More Good Foundation has posted a great video on YouTube on how to support Mormon videos online (shown below). It explains how to join YouTube.com and LDS.net so you can support the Church and other LDS videos online.

The post The Best Thing You Can Do To Help Mormons on YouTube.com also has some great ideas.

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Please enjoy this 4 minute Christmas video from Stpephen Jones and some other folks in the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications.

What a delightful expression–worth forwarding to everyone you know.

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Here are some statistics about the 77.2 million people in the U.S. known as “baby boomers” (currently aged 44-62):

• They make up the largest group of U.S. Internet users. There are 56.7 million of them, representing nearly 30% of the online population.
• About 74% of them use the Internet at least once a month.
• They go online to get things done, such as finding information on products and services, shopping, and staying in touch with friends and family. (Not quite the same love affair as Gen Xers have with the Internet; it’s more a marriage of convenience for Baby Boomers.)
• They are not all the same. Older boomers (ages 54-62) use media more like those over 62 and younger boomers (44-53) act more like Gen Xers online.

 Source: eMarketer

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