Mobile Advertising's Gold Rush
November 16, 2009
Mobile Advertising Set To Soar | www.mediapost.com
Mobile advertising is definitely the new-new thing, but it sounds like the hype we heard when the Web was born as a graphical interface and banner ads started appearing in 1995. Be careful -- mobile advertising isn't going to produce overnight riches. For proof, look at your own mobile device. Where are they ads? And if you see any, tell me if they're prompting you to buy anything. Timing is everything, so before you jump in, read on.
You Tube: A dominant role in the movie ecosystem? Not Likely...
October 14, 2009
YouTube Explores Renting Movies Online | www.businessweek.com
You Tube might capture some of the movie distribution market if and only if they are able to work closely with the studios to develop a model that is beneficial to both the studios and consumer. Stiff competition awaits You Tube from multiple angles, not all movie industry related. The consumer, and their behavior, is a key component that must not be overlooked.
August 25, 2009
New Zune Undercuts Apple's iPod Prices | online.wsj.com
In my opinion, Zune has an uphill battle to try and capture the digital music market from Apple. Zune has significant challenges that will be very hard to over come. The primary challenge is a powerful thing called "brand" that drives every mass market trend and wallet.
Why "Traditional" Media Are Doomed
June 25, 2009
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer: Traditional media will not bounce back | www.guardian.co.uk
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is the 2009 Media Person of the Year. He says that traditional media can no longer succeed by replicating their print content online. If you want to reach consumers online, "static content won't cut it." That's why the old approaches are doomed to fail.
Will Online Readers Buy Into Steve's Brill-iant Idea?
June 25, 2009
Journalism Online: The Answer to the Paid-Content Question? | www.editorandpublisher.com
Steve Brill's new startup Journalism Online is promising newspaper publishers big money from online readers -- $110 million in two years for a newspaper with a print circulation of 1 million and an online audience of 20 million. Will he succeed? And if he does, will you be one of the few people willing to pay to read the story?
Can Newspapers Morph Into "Fearless Vampire Killers"?
June 24, 2009
WSJ publisher calls Google ‘digital vampire’ | www.crainsnewyork.com
The days of free newspaper content on the internet may be coming to an end... but only if consumers can be persuaded to pay.
WSJ.com Increases Traffic and Reinforces Roadblocks
July 4, 2008
WSJ.com Enjoying Significant Bump in Traffic...With Subs Intact | www.mediaweek.com
With unique users up 94% and total page views up only 45%, it's clear that wsj.com has found more ways to introduce non-subscribers to the frustrations of its site
Is it Too Late for Sam Zell to Save the Tribune Company?
July 4, 2008
L.A. Times Newsroom to Shrink by 150 Jobs | www.nytimes.com
Massive debt + no real plan + continued business decline = big trouble
Worst Quarter Ever for Newpapers in Print and Online
June 17, 2008
Newspapers' Print Ads Declined 14% in Record Drop | www.bloomberg.com
Newspapers are failing on both fronts. They are in a severe print advertising recession. And online sales are slowing -- up a mere 7% vs. industry-wide growth of 24%. Falling revenues make reducing debt at Tribune more difficult and put dividends at risk at McClatchy, Gatehouse and Lee.
June 12, 2008
The L.A. Times's Human Wrecking Ball | www.washingtonpost.com
Amid falling ad revenues, is Sam Zell destroying the LA Times (and other Tribune papers) by cutting news pages, making newsroom decisions based on quantity not quality of reporting, facilitating the exits of his best staff and dumbing down his papers beyond recognition?
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009