I’ve now moderated two panels at Streaming Media, once last summer at SM East and once this past fall at SM West. Noteworthy on the LA panel was Marc Suster’s assertion that Google had spent closer to $250 million - and not the $100 million the media was reporting - on YouTube’s content initiative. I touched on that in my TechCrunch article “Can Content Producers Be Disruptors Or Is Content Only Meant To Be Disrupted?“ Anyway, in LA, after my I conducted an interview where we touched on many themes. One of the topics was the fact that WatchMojo had not raised any VC and we had bootstrapped. continue reading...
I’m catching up on embedding the last four HipMojo shows on the blog we’ve been publishing them on WatchMojo, YouTube and other distribution partners but many of our 8 viewers (haha) follow the show via this blog. This is the 2011 year in review show CT and I did in December where we talk about the stories in new media and tech that caught our attention. Enjoy: continue reading...
I first published 10 Things we can learn from Steve Jobs on MediaPost after the mercurial CEO of Apple resigned. The piece was very popular and I got a lot of feedback on it. One of the things that stood out most was something that I have always believed in and remind everyone who will listen, which I’ve added as #11. The theme of the column is online video, hence the skew of the piece. continue reading...
Published by Rogers Media, Marketing Mag is Canada’s version to Ad Age. It is read by marketing, advertising and PR professionals, investors consult it for emerging trends. As such, I was delighted that Alicia Androich reached out to us a month ago asking us to be profiled in their Sept 12 issue (should be on newsstands next week). It will be part of a “digital tree” in the magazine, here’s the teaser/sneak peek (then a few thoughts on the whole “no respect” theme): continue reading...
I have had one relationship or another with Yahoo! for 15 years now - first as a user, then as an investor, then as a developer (well, my team was), then as an analyst, and now as a content provider. continue reading...
Here’s my latest from MediaPost: continue reading...
This morning MediaPost published my latest article called “Production, Distribution and Monetization” scale differently. By now we all know that even professional content isn’t all equal. I have written about this aplenty. I’ve also written about VC’s obsessiveness on scale. continue reading...
The Webby Awards, which honors excellence on the internet, will be taking place tonight and streamed live online via the social networking site known as Facebook. continue reading...
The average price of a ticket on a U.S. airline, including baggage and other fees, was 14 percent higher in March than a year ago. That’s the biggest 12-month increase and the highest average price for March in at least a decade. continue reading...
Recently, when I meet folks in the industry, I get one of two comments: continue reading...
