The same kind of disruption that changed the tech is coming to television and films, warned panelists Thursday at paidContent Entertainment 2011. When the costs of producing content plummet at the same time demand for content has never been higher, a whole new class of entrants has a chance to…

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos of its programming and library. In a conversation with our Staci D. Kramer at paidContent Entertainment ‘11, Lanzone told those who have been waiting to see larger availability…

Veteran TV exec Dawn Ostroff has only been in her job as the head of Condé Nast’s new entertainment unit for three weeks, so it made sense that she didn’t have much to say about that work when she sat down with our Staci D. Kramer at paidContent Entertainment 2011…

Facebook has had a lot of scrutiny over how it uses information about you to market to you—something that has only been heightened the introduction of “frictionless” sharing launched at this year’s f8 developer conference. Well, get ready for more. Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s global VP of marketing solutions, said at…

Given the recent news of Carol Bartz’s departure as CEO, a Q&A with EVP of Americas Ross Levinsohn couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. He took the stage at paidContent Advertising conference for his first post-Bartz appearance, addressing efforts with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and AOL (NYSE: AOL) to…

Neal Mohan thinks display advertising can be a $200 billion business and that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is uniquely positioned to help make it so. During an on-stage interview with paidContent Editor Staci D. Kramer at our recent paidContent Advertising conference, the Google vice president of product management explained his rationale…

Facebook has had a lot of scrutiny over how it uses information about you to market to you, but we have only started to scratch the surface of what might come, according to Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s global VP of marketing solutions, who was interviewed today by ContentNext editor Staci D.…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is still very much a search advertising company, of course, but it would love to build the same kind of business in display ads. Publishers working with its DoubleClick subsidiary will have two new tools at their disposal with the launch of DoubleClick Video and DoubleClick Mobile,…

On The Mediatwits, MediaShift’s weekly podcast, our Staci D. Kramer filled in for our founder, Rafat Ali, as co-host. Among the topics she discussed with MediaShift’s Mark Glaser: this week’s high-profile tech and media departures—Apple’s Steve Jobs stepping down as CEO, Poynter’s Jim Romenesko going into semi-retirement and Slate‘s Jack…

Why did Keith Olbermann join Current Media rather than try to use his brand to create a conglomerate? Olbermann answered that and much more in a candid lunch conversation at our recent paidContent 2011 conference. Olbermann explained to paidContent Editor Staci D. Kramer, “This is a company with a large…

Here’s a safe bet: is Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) going to launch a music subscription service within the next year? Two of the three music industry panelists discussing the business of music at the pcMobile 2011 conference, readily said “yes.” The third, Michael Paull, EVP, Global Digital Business, Sony (NYSE: SNE)…

The $315 million AOL/Huffington Post merger could close next week, said CEO Tim Armstrong, seated next to his new partner Arianna Huffington and Staci D. Kramer, editor & EVP, ContentNext/paidContent in the closing session of the paidContent 2011. Armstrong began by talking about the many firsts they’ve shared: Huffington’s first…

So here’s the deal Current TV has for its new chief news officer: Keith Olbermann, who in addition to crafting the behind the scenes content for the cable channel will be back in his old 8pm time slot this summer, gets to say whatever he wants. “He just has to…

The lack of cable programming that’s available for online streaming on Hulu isn’t the video JV’s fault, said Lauren Zalaznick, Chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks & Integrated Media, in a conversation with Staci D. Kramer, editor/EVP of ContentNext Media/paidContent at the paidContent 2011 conference.

Whether it’s Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV or FilmOn, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin is maintaining a watchful eye on keeping his channels off any platforms where his company can’t monetize.

For all the talk of the “wireless experience” and “cutting the cord” these days, it doesn’t feel like digital devices have really dispensed with the tether, said Rob Wiesenthal, group executive, corporate development for Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) in an interview with Staci D. Kramer, editor of paidContent parent ContentNext…

Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And what’s the biggest threat to paid music? Well, probably not piracy. These were among the assertions by panelists on paidContent2010’s The Truth About Subscriptions, who…

Are things at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) finally starting to stabilize? In a Q&A on stage at paidContent2010, Hilary Schneider, EVP of Yahoo Americas, talked about everything from the Newspaper Consortium to Yahoo’s latest branding campaign, insisting that after numerous reorgs, the company is finally, well, organized. In the interview with…

For nearly 40 minutes, top executives from The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) took questions from interviewer Staci D. Kramer, co-editor and EVP of ContentNext Media, and participants in paidContent 2010. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher; Janet Robinson, president and CEO; and Martin Nisenholtz, SVP-digital operations, knew the…