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In Age Of Limited Author Travel Budgets, BookTour.com Folds

Aug 17, 2011 5:26 PM

As of September 1, BookTour.com, a website cofounded by Wired‘s Chris Anderson that helped authors arrange promotional events and publicize their books, is closing. “Fewer author tours and changes in book marketing budgets have made our company financially unviable,” CEO Kevin Smokler wrote today on the company’s blog.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, booktour.com, byliner, chris anderson, kevin smokler, wired

Chris Anderson vs Malcolm Gladwell: The Freestyle Fight

Jun 29, 2009 1:25 AM

The battle of pop sociologists just got a lot more interesting: in the latest issue of New Yorker magazine, Malcolm Gladwell does a fisking of Wired editor Chris Anderson’s new book “Free”, the book about the future of pricing and the value of IP (and by definition business models) in…

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Posted In: , chris anderson, malcolm gladwell

‘Long Tail’ Author Anderson: Free Doesn’t Work As A Standalone Business Model

Jan 31, 2009 10:38 AM

Long Tail author and Wired EIC Chris Anderson explains why the “zero sum” model doesn’t work alone in this economy—and teases his next book Free—in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. The argument: “free” wasn’t enough before for all but a few and it’s not going to work now without a pay…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, chris anderson

Weekend Videos: Anderson And Arrington On Charlie Rose

Mar 7, 2008 12:33 PM

Some interesting weekend video on a slower Friday: Chris Anderson, editor of Wired, and Michael Arrington, editor of Techcrunch were on Charlie Rose show last night, talking about various content and tech issues, including Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the value of content online, and other tech-policy issues. Videos embedded below:

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Posted In: , charlie rose, chris anderson, michael arrington

Online Video Tools Platform Magnify Closes $1 Million Funding

Feb 28, 2008 2:02 PM

Online video tools firm Magnify.net has raised $1 million in its second round from existing investors Next Stage Capital, New York Angels, Rose Tech Ventures, Active Angel Investors, Chris Anderson and other individual investors. Joining this round were new investors Ogden Capital and Gideon Gartner, founder of The Gartner Group.…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, active angel investors, chris anderson, gideon gartner, magnify, new york angels, next stage capital, ogden capital, rose tech ventures

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