Author: Dan Blank

Opportunity: Media Companies Losing Control of Their Content

Fred Wilson illustrates the loss of control that large media companies are experiencing. In his example, he uses the upcoming release of a song from one of his favorite bands, the Arctic Monkeys. An overview of his example: Someone, somewhere got a hold of an unreleased song from the album, and blogged about it, posting… Continue reading Opportunity: Media Companies Losing Control of Their Content

USA Today Signals The End of One-Way Media

USA Today is reporting more traffic and engagement to their recently relaunched website, which has a strong focus on network journalism and user-generated content. The results so far: Unique visitors to the site were up 21% from the previous month. 380% increase in registrations. Readers are spending more time per visit on the site. Nearly… Continue reading USA Today Signals The End of One-Way Media

I, User. Why Media Execs Are Concerned.

A recent survey of media and entertainment executives indicates that they see “the growing ability and eagerness of individuals to create their own content as one of the biggest threats to their business.” “This is just the beginning for a rapidly changing landscape where the media content environment grows more fractious and the user gains… Continue reading I, User. Why Media Execs Are Concerned.

It’s Google’s World. We Just Advertise in It.

BusinessWeek dissects the fallout of Google’s growth within advertising. Three recent events: Radio Google will serve 30-second audio ads across Clear Channel’s 675 AM/FM radio stations. Online Google agreed to buy online ad giant DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. TV Google signed a contract to deliver TV ads to EchoStar Communications’ Dish Network. “What scares rivals…… Continue reading It’s Google’s World. We Just Advertise in It.

Tragedy Brings Out the Power of Citizen Journalism

Amy Gahran notes that despite the reasons and events that drive citizen journalism forward – its value is clearly illustrated in the Virginia Tech shootings this week: “Doubtless in coming days we’ll be poring over the first-person blog entries, Twitter posts, forum discussions, Flickr photos, podcasts, moblogs, YouTube videos, and more from those unfortunate enough… Continue reading Tragedy Brings Out the Power of Citizen Journalism

Hold Those Web Metrics!

ComScore proclaims that using cookies to determine your web metrics can overestimate your audience size by a factor of 2.5. The cause: frequent cookie deletion by 3 out of 10 U.S. internet users.

The Publishing Industry Jumps the Shark

Scott Karp looks at two watershed moments in publishing: New York Times becomes an aggregator. Scott is referring to the Times’ relaunched auto section of their website, which includes aggregated content and tools. Print ad revenue is no longer the majority of B2B publisher revenue. Scott is referring to a recent ABM report that B2B… Continue reading The Publishing Industry Jumps the Shark

Blogs I Love

It’s one thing to talk about “best practices” when it comes to what works online – it is another to illustrate what works in the real world. So I will share two blogs that I read daily, and try to whittle down why it is they work so well.   Fred Wilson’s A VC. Let’s… Continue reading Blogs I Love

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Portfolio Magazine: The New Yorker for Investment Bankers

Conde Nast is launching a new business magazine: Portfolio. The New York Times gives us details on the creation of Portfolio, with some interesting quotes & info: “We’re not giving you peas and carrots… We want to capture the glamour… Business is about power. And guts. And passion. Business coverage should be too… Readers will… Continue reading Portfolio Magazine: The New Yorker for Investment Bankers