Back from the Digiday Video Awards, we didn’t win - CBS took the honors and HBO and WatchMojo were runner-ups. I can live with that (damn you CBS!). In any case, speaking on finalists and awards, on this week’s HipMojo, CT and I looked at some of the companies that are in the running to be Internet Company of 2011. This is a follow-up to the earlier segment we did when we added 2008-2010 winners to the 1994-2007 rundown I did in a 2007 blog post. Who will win? Tune in next week for Show 20. In segment 1 of show 19, we look at some of the finalists. continue reading...
In segment 1, we shift our focus away from the debacle at AOL and look at Yahoo!’s own soap opera by expanding on a couple of articles I published on TechCrunch, namely why and how Yahoo! could make a run to Hulu and Yahoo!’s options. We cover a lot, and in there I go over a lot of numbers explaining the financial engineering, so I included the numbers below. Watch the video below (and scroll down to get the financial engineering math) continue reading...
A few years ago, we published a list of companies who ruled the Internet each year, from 1994-2007. Then, we forgot to update it for 2008-2010. On this week’s HipMojo show, we run down the list and picked a company for 2008, 2009, and 2010… and then open it up for you to suggest companies for 2011. Vote for the company of the Year below in the Comments, feel free to vote for the company you work for, but explain WHY, what was the one thing or many things that made the company stand out from the noise? continue reading...
This article was first published on TechCrunch. continue reading...
The NY Times has a piece on the NBC debacle and the declining fortunes of network television: continue reading...
It’s a sign of the times that the online advertising industry is making a comeback, but CBS Interactive’s Neil Ashe is going cold turkey on ad networks, and it’s the right call: continue reading...
Quincy Smith of CBS Interactive chats with Om Malik at New Tee Vee Live: continue reading...
CNET’s ZDNET, Iran and Yahoo!? You know this would not end well.
I was very surprised to read that Yahoo! had handed over names of Iranians youth to the authorities. Turns out it was false. Interestingly enough if a blog would have written that, it would have gotten much less consideration… but at the same time, because a “well respected, traditional, new media source” such as ZDNet reported it, it’s a big deal. continue reading...
Some time ago, online media professional Dave Haber (and reader of this blog) emailed me an article from MediaPost, titled “How Can Independent Video Producers Compete In The Super-Premium Era?”
The article was written by Lewis Rothkopf, who is vice president of network development at BrightRoll, one of the pre-roll networks out there. As a side note, I really admire Brightroll’s CEO Tod Sacerdoti. Unlike most of the pre-roll intermediaries who seem to be either in denial or out of touch about that the pre-roll format, Sacerdoti is realistic about the pros and cons of the format, not insulting people’s intelligence about why his firm focuses on the unit. continue reading...
Live coverage of ad:tech San Francisco by David Shabelman. continue reading...
