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...
Back in 2007 I wrote that CDNs were become commoditized, and it was a matter of time before the OVP (online video platforms) became commoditized, too. continue reading...
Nice to see more and more quality made for web programming coming to online video. More on IAC’s efforts called partnering with City Lights here. With a lot of the initial players like Mania TV and Ripe Entertainment having shut down, and this IAC effort being part of a big media company, I think we’re one of the biggest independent ones out there.
That’s a good feeling. continue reading...
While 2008 finished off with companies doing their best to cling on to anything to avoid from being sucked into the maelstrom, I think - despite the continued stock market meltdown - that many companies are seeing some stabilization in their core business. In other words: yes, 2008 Q4 saw a rapid evaporation of booked business, but 2009 is not looking as dire as some expected.
Online Remains a Beacon of Growth continue reading...
I’ve been holding off writing a post (this is the closest thing to it) on why we’re not laying off anyone… but Barry Diller nails it:
The idea of a company that’s earning money, not losing money, that’s not, let’s say, ‘industrially endangered,’ to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or $20 million or $40 million in a year where no one’s counting is really a horrible act when you think about it on every level. First of all, it’s certainly not necessary. It’s doing it at the worst time. It’s throwing people out to a larger, what is inevitably a larger, unemployment heap for frankly no good reason. continue reading...
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
It’s clear that we didn’t learn from history in boom times. A lot of the excess and irrational behavior of the 1996-1999 era was repeated in the 2005-2007 period. continue reading...
“I will say financial engineering is really not a way to create value for your shareholders or yourself or whoever your owners happen to be. Companies that buy or sell or spin off because they think the market doesn’t understand their multiple and so forth I think are really missing the point. I think at the end of the day, what really matters is running your company, building revenue, building cash flow, and ultimately that will create value and that value will be recognized. And spending your time getting lost in financial engineering is a real mistake.”
Who said this: continue reading...
I was talking to an executive at IAC and told him that to differentiate Ask.com and one of their other properties, IAC should better merge content with search.
Looks like MSFT beat them to it: continue reading...
Paid Content refers to a NYT article on CBS which calls for the company that Bill Paley built to make digital acquisitions, which begs the question: should they go for a big purchase or make small moves?
Of course, answering that question alone without addressing the backdrop to that question yields an incomplete picture. continue reading...
IAC is venturing into the How To space with the launch of Life333.com.
I try to be nice to big media companies but I can’t lie through my teeth, either. This smacks of lack of planning and thinking here folks. continue reading...
