JWT unveils their list of 100 things to look out for in 2011: continue reading...
A few years ago, I came across a breakdown of what people actually did with their time online:
Lets face it, professional sports is a big business and big name athletes can bring in big $$$ for the city they represent… continue reading...
If you’re like me you were absolutely horrified when Burger broke up with Carrie on a yellow post it note with, “I’m sorry. I can’t do this. Please don’t hate me.” - Burger continue reading...
One of my hobbies is pointing out that VCs hurt entrepreneurs as much as they help them, but I disagree with 37 Signals CEO Jason F’s notion that VCs forced Aaron Patzer to sell Mint.com for $170M to Quicken. continue reading...
On Business News Network to talk about all of the M&A of late: continue reading...
This has to be one of the best lines I’ve read in a while, from SAI’s Nicholas Carlson’s piece on succession planning at News Corp.
Know what happens when a boxing referee slips between the ropes and out of the ring in the middle of the match? continue reading...
There’s a rumor out there that MSFT is looking at shedding some headcount, too. From Fudzilla (via ArsTechnica and via SAI):
Currently Microsoft employs about 90,000 people across the world and from what we’re hearing, some 15,000 of those are expected to be giving marching orders come January 15th. That’s almost 17 percent of Microsoft’s total work force, not exactly a small number. continue reading...
The layoffs that hit startups in the past few weeks are extending to traditional media companies. Rumor has it that MTV and SONY are set to announce layoffs tomorrow, hoping that the news will get lost in the shuffle of tomorrow’s US election.
Now is the best time for companies to sharpen their focus online; that is after where consumers are headed. Moreover, as the economy shrinks, the flight to quality will only accelerate from offline to online media. This is something we called for early on this year, it’s only gaining steam now. But due to the media malaise, that won’t happen. continue reading...
Revver is having problems, this after former eUniverse/Intermix founder Brad Greenspan bought the company for less than $5M… the company had raised $12.7M from VCs.
Disclosure 1: Revver is part of WatchMojo.com’s syndication network. From Day 1, it accounts for 0.32% of our total web streams. In case you are wondering, YouTube accounts for 45% of our total streams since Day 1. Our WatchMojo.com site accounts for 3% - which shows just how different web video publishing is to text content publishing online. But is that ever a separate post for another day. continue reading...
