Why Dating Sites Are Broken
I met my current boyfriend four years ago in the elevator of our Georgetown dorm. Our friendship slowly grew until we went on our first dat… Read more »
How To Use Facebook’s Open Graph To Build Your Business
Last year, it became clear that Facebook is well on its way to becoming a social operating system underlying our digital lives. And the enh… Read more »
How The Magazine Industry Can Save Itself (Hint: Not iPad Apps)
photo: EJ Press
The top priority for most magazine executives today seems to be building iPad apps. Yet the user experience of a print magazine is unmatchab… Read more »
Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?
Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format-a format th… Read more »
How The Social Web Has Rewired The Digital World From The Ground Up
In the wake of Facebook’s F8 mega-event, with its parade of product, feature and platform announcements, I’m struck by the recent major infl… Read more »
Dazed and Confused? Welcome to the Club
In the past two weeks…
Facebook has revamped its layout and then announced a “timeline” where your living history will be displayed.… Read more »
Why We Sold myYearbook
Geoff Cook is the CEO of the social network myYearbook. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge, both of which he sold to The Thomson Corp.… Read more »
NoTW Lesson: The Coverup Is Usually More Damaging Than The Original Crime
Larry Kramer, the author of “C-Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today”, was founder and former CEO of CBS (NYSE: CBS) Marketwatch… Read more »
How A ‘Business Class’ And ‘Economy Class’ For News Sites Would Look
Victor Wong is CEO of PaperG, an ad-tech company that provides online advertising platforms for local/hyperlocal publishers.
Oliver Reiche… Read more »
The Harsh Reality About User-Gen Content: There Isn’t Enough To Go Around
Kevin Smokler is the co-founder/CEO of BookTour.com, an Amazon-funded startup which offers affordable software tools for authors. He is base… Read more »
NYTimes.com Pay Scheme Has A Great Big Hole
Bill Grueskin is following The New York Times digital pay plans as the former managing editor of the subscription-based Wall Street Journal… Read more »
Whoever Builds A Good Tool To Help Us Find New Books To Read Will Get Rich
Kevin Smokler is the co-founder/CEO of BookTour.com, an Amazon-funded startup which offers affordable software tools for authors. He is base… Read more »
Why Video Is So Hard To Monetize
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is CEO of WatchMojo, a video content producer. He tweets at @ashkan.
As my company, WatchMojo, celebrates its fifth… Read more »
The ‘Subscription Economy’ Is Growing, And It’s Bigger Than Just Media
Tien Tzuo is CEO of Zuora, a subscription-billing company based in Silicon Valley. Previously, he was the chief strategy officer and chief m… Read more »
What’s The Commercial Frequency For Online Radio?
As we enter 2011, more audio-consumption is to digital platforms than ever before – not just radio listening via platforms such as DAB, but… Read more »
A News Corp. Digital History Lesson For The Daily
Evan Rudowski is co-founder of SubHub, a paid content platform. He was previously an online manager at Newsday and business development dire… Read more »
Reality Check: Social Media ROI Is Still MIA
One of the reasons I love my job is there is always something new going on. Given the volume of new business ideas and trends that I have to… Read more »
The Real Privacy Threat Is From Offline (Not Online) Marketers
Andrew Pancer is COO of the social ad-targeting company Media6Degrees. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Digital Development for the N… Read more »
@Themediaisdying: The Brutal Truth From Two Years In The Twitterverse
The facts for the publishing industry are clear – the vast majority of media outlets are declining in one or more ways.
Two years ago, I… Read more »
Why Online Retailers Will Squeeze Out Publishers In The Book Business
Matt Shatz is currently Head of Strategic Content Relations for Nokia (NYSE: NOK). Previously, he was Vice President of Digital for Random H… Read more »
U.S. Mobile Video Momentum Amounts To More Than Just Price
Chris Hoerenz is chief marketing officer for the Fox Mobile Group, which was recently acquired by Jesta Group. FMG launched its on-demand mo… Read more »
Rupert Murdoch Is Right About The Daily
Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a web publisher, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to Wetpaint, Elowi… Read more »
How News Corp.’s Daily Can Succeed Without Paper
photo: Tigerspike
Nic Newman’s Tigerspike, a digital design agency, has developed seven iPad apps for News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), including The Times’ Eureka and… Read more »
SEO Is Dead, And The New King Is ‘SMO’
Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a web publisher, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to Wetpaint, Elowi… Read more »
Why Content And Commerce Is A Marriage Made In Heaven
Frédéric Court is a partner at Advent Venture Partners, an investor in Dailymotion, Qype and others.
The internet has disrupted both the… Read more »
The Likely Winners And Losers In The Over-The-Top TV Market
Jim Louderback is the CEO of Revision3. Prior to that, he served as SVP & chief content officer for Ziff Davis Media Read more »
What Media Companies Can Learn From IBM’s Turnaround
Simon Waldman is Group Product Director of LOVEFiLM, and author of “Creative Disruption: What you need to do to shake up your business in a… Read more »
Mag Publishers Have A Short Window Before Indies Crash The iPad
Ashley Norris is CEO of branded content advisory Sutro Digital and director of Anorak Publishing and is currently planning an iPad annual ve… Read more »
YouView Will Mean Cheaper VOD And More, Not Less, VC Money
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The Case For Carol Bartz
Mark May is a managing director and senior internet and digital-media research analyst at Needham & Company, LLC, a full-service growth-comp… Read more »
After iPhone, Carriers Must Tool Up For The Capacity Crunch
Mark Giles is an analyst at consulting and research firm Ovum, covering telco service provider strategies and markets.
With an explosion in… Read more »
How Paypal Can Help Save Media–And Itself
Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a platform for social web sites, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to… Read more »
A Guide To The Cultural Battle That Is Reshaping The Media Business
Ben Huh is the CEO of the Cheezburger Network, the company behind the blogs that include I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, and There, I Fix… Read more »
What Yahoo Needs To Do With Associated Content
Matt Heist is CEO of High Gear Media, a vertical publishing company that focuses on automotive content from professional writers and enthusi… Read more »
Steve Jobs To Ad Industry: Leave The Premium Inventory To Us
Simeon Simeonov is co-founder and CTO of Better Advertising, a provider of online advertising compliance and assurance solutions. Sim is als… Read more »
The New Rules For Judging ‘Quality’ In Published Content
Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a platform for social web sites, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to… Read more »
Traditional Ways Of Judging ‘Quality’ In Published Content Are Now Useless
Ben Elowitz (@elowitz) is co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a platform for social web sites, and author of the Digital Quarters blog. Prior to… Read more »
Why Google’s Open Handset Alliance Has Been A Disappointment
Leslie Grandy is a consultant who blogs at The Consumer Matters. Previously, she was an executive at T-Mobile, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and RealNe… Read more »
The Downsides Of Adopting Facebook Connect
Ty Ahmad-Taylor is the founder and CEO of FanFeedr, a real-time personalized sports feed. Previously, he was SVP of Strategy and Product Dev… Read more »
Reality Check: For Many Publishers, Google Is Much Less Important Than You Think
Arnon Mishkin is a consultant focused on media and internet companies.
The easiest way to clear a room of internet-savvy media executives i… Read more »
