Noted entrepreneur and award-winning journalist Larry Kramer came by Naked Media and hinted (about three-quarters through) that he might be getting into a new financial news venture.
He also goes over:
- How to save journalism
- Why remarks Rupert Murdoch and the publisher of the Wall Street journal made about Google devaluing all it touches were “a little unfair.”
- How Jib Jab, a humor and greeting card company he advises, is a business (it’s not just their $19 yearly subscriptions), using social media tools for sponsors.
- The very difficult emotions he felt selling Marketwatch to Dow Jones for $500 million. it wasn’t as simple as accepting “life-changing check” for millions of dollars, and what he misses about working there. And how he was in some ways forced into doing the deal.
- How he landed at a venture capital firm, with tips for how entrepreneurs can make a go of it and raise money, using Web tools and other means.
- How new media companies don’t have all the answers — and what old media can teach them.
You can see the rest of the video, including host Dorian Benkoil’s “Shallow Thoughts” jokes about the direction of advertising, and previous shows at the Naked Media site.
