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The Great YouTube Experiment

April 14th, 2011

One of the biggest challenges facing some of the most popular sites spurred by the growth of social is in making money. And I mean real money commensurate with their audience. Sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are all experimenting with ways to monetize their audiences better and justify their huge valuations.
Facebook recently [...]

Yahoo Says Our Biggest Competitor is TV? No Kidding?!?

September 29th, 2010

Well, Carol Bartz got one thing right when she told a crowd recently that their biggest competition was TV. But that hardly seems like a revelation. There has never been a question, as far as I can tell, that the big competition for ad dollars was TV.But I have to disagree with the reason why [...]

Google TV. Meh.

June 2nd, 2010

Let me be the first to say that I believe video advertising, in whatever form it eventually takes, is going to be a huge deal. I am a firm believer that addressable video on our televisions and interactive video on our PCs and handheld devices are the coming wave, and that advertisers who can figure [...]

Will TV Ever Be Interactive?

September 18th, 2009

The one thing I know about TV is that the less I have to use the remote control, the more I like it.  The sooner I can put the remote down and leave it - because I am watching a truly enjoyable program - the better.
When do we normally turn to grab the remote?  When [...]

Watch Out Cable! The Coming Paradigm Shift in TV Watching

June 3rd, 2009

A great article last week explains how broadband and streaming services are putting the fear of God into the cable companies.

You can read the Wall Street Journal article here.
We are all aware of the growing trend happening in the telephone space. More and more consumers are cutting back on phone bills by killing their [...]

Week of 12.08.08/Top Stories

December 10th, 2008

GenerationsOnline/Cyber Monday?/MobileShopping/SocialAndAds
Generational differences in digital: Millenials, GenX, and Boomers
How and what they access is different, but all generations use digital to gather shopping information.

flickr
Do marketers have the wrong Cyber Monday? (And Black Friday is hot online, too, by the way)
Cyber Monday is a created phenomenon. But maybe it’s catching on?

Atlas
Mobile Shopping - changing the [...]

Other good articles this past week / 12.01.08

December 10th, 2008

Issues of Interest
2009 to Be Transition Year for TV
Sports Fans Make Great Mobile Targets
Digital Marketing News
Widgets Are Made for Marketing, So Why Aren’t More Advertisers Using Them?
Digital News and Trends
Online Video Viewer Demographics
Retail and Products
What’s Next For Retail In ‘09
Stores become more creative to get shoppers to buy
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