Scott Karp looks deeply into the concept of “user-generated content,” concluding that much of this on the web is simply people re-publishing other people’s content. “What’s radical about the new digital reality is that I can publish anything that I made — and I can publish anything that anybody else made.” While sites like MySpace… Continue reading The Fallacy of User-Generated Content
Author: Dan Blank
BBC Misses User Generated Media Opportunity
The BBC is now soliciting user generated content. They are offering to pay for material that is “particularly editorially important or unique.” But then, aren’t they missing the point? Trying to control user generated media – becoming the editors for the world, is simply a missed opportunity for a giant tiptoeing into a vast ocean… Continue reading BBC Misses User Generated Media Opportunity
Journalists Confront News Aggregation
A recent conference brought journalists face to face with the man behind Google News – the aggregation service that has sent chills through the media industry. There are two perspectives on this matter. The first: “For some publishers — watching covetously as Google earns billions from contextual advertising — the search engine’s success rests on… Continue reading Journalists Confront News Aggregation
The New Internet Bubble: A Company for Every Feature
I was reading Techcrunch this morning, and thinking about the nature of Internet business at this point in time. The lead story as I write this is “Yahoo! Acquires Contest Site Bix.” The intro says a lot: “Online karaoke and contest site Bix has signed an agreement to be acquired by Yahoo! Bix CEO Mike… Continue reading The New Internet Bubble: A Company for Every Feature
Online Publishing Model that Works
Read/Write Web looks at the success of About.com. Here’s how did they hit it big with topic-focused blogs: “31 Million people visiting it each month and according to Scott Meyer it has grown 30% in page views over the last year. Most of this growth can be attributed to one stat: About.com gets 80% of… Continue reading Online Publishing Model that Works
An “Opportunity to Transform Journalism”
Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of the Washington Post is taking an “opportunity to transform journalism for a new era.” This, of course, means some drastic changes to his newsroom: Shrinking the newsroom staff Tightening up the paper’s news hole Cracking down on story length & publishing story length guidelines for the staff, along with… Continue reading An “Opportunity to Transform Journalism”
Internet Advertising Continues to Grow
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has announced that “internet advertising revenues reached an estimated new record of $4.2 billion for the third quarter of 2006.” Jason Calacanis looks at the ad spending over time, noting that the huge dip in after 2000 was due to emotions, not the value of the medium: “That dotcom overspend,… Continue reading Internet Advertising Continues to Grow
Blog Looks to “Old-Media” Reporters for Growth
Nick Denton is making some changes over at Valleywag. In addition to a site redesign and shift in editorial focus, he has ousted the young editor of the site and looking for a replacement: “we’re now looking for someone with, ideally, some background in reporting. An old-media career, useful in the sparkling new world of… Continue reading Blog Looks to “Old-Media” Reporters for Growth
7 Mobile Advertising Techniques
Ken Elefant over at Venture Beat put together a list of mobile advertising techniques, and his opinion of each. On his list: Marketing via SMS/MMS WAP banner ads Location-based advertising Video ads on cell phones In-game advertising Online coupons Interstitial ads (link via Techmeme)
The New Internet Bubble
Last week was the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, and it seemed to leave many attendies unimpressed. Dan Farber from ZDnet was left hungry for more innovation: “Many people I talked to identified a lack of big innovations, little companies with features but not products, too many products crowding the same space, too many… Continue reading The New Internet Bubble