The guys at NMA are good… and have a lot of time on their hands… but mainly good: continue reading...
Before venturing into the HipMojo show, I hesitated to do a weekly (or even daily) show because I still believe that pumping out articles (or nowadays, tweets) is much more logical for the breakneck, fast-paced world of news. But, a lot of people said “hey, you write all of these business articles and run a video site, why not do a weekly show on business?” continue reading...
It was a matter of time, really. When The Guardian bought PaidContent.org, it was reasonable to assume that sooner than later, the talismanic founder Rafat Ali would leave. That was Rafat and the Guardian. continue reading...
Recently, when I meet folks in the industry, I get one of two comments: continue reading...
JWT unveils their list of 100 things to look out for in 2011: continue reading...
Nick Denton is getting out of blogs, sort of, by repositioning the look and feel (and to some extent its editorial direction) of his Gawker Media network of blogs, hum, I mean, online magazines: continue reading...
Hmm… the title of my post is tongue-in-cheek. Very interesting article on Nick Denton in the New Yorker; when he is talking about content farms, he explains: continue reading...
Tech Crunch’s Michael Arrington explains why he sold his company: continue reading...
A big congratulations to our friends over at 5Min: AOL acquired the video syndicator this morning. The company raised $12.8M… initial reports pegged the deal at $50-65M, at the high-end of the range it’s 5x the money invested (well, 12.8×5 = 64, round it up to $65M as a sweetener, I guess). 5Min has moved away from both UGC and how to content and licensed content from many companies (including WatchMojo) and redistributed it on hundreds of sites. continue reading...
