Amidst an uncertain landscape for newspaper publishers, The New York Times, the paper of record, continues to build a digital enterprise that includes an astonishing number of blogs (70); a continuous news feed (Times Wire), and a first-rate video operation that collectively brings 20 million or so unique visitors a month to NYTimes.com
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Shallow Thoughts – Avner Ronen, CEO, Boxee
Avner Ronen was a recent guest on Naked Media and shared his vision of a future when creative content producers will produce films or episodic TV series inexpensively and generate revenue through advertising and pay-per-view.
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Public Radio’s iPhone App and Demographics
Rafat Ali, on PaidContent, points out that the new iPhone app to listen to public radio could be a game changer, transforming the model of local public radio listening to a more national, a la carte one.
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CMS Watch: Drupal vs Joomla vs EE vs WordPress
Confused about what open source CMS to use? This cheat sheet might help.
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Free, Paid, Rights and Rivalries: Betsy Morgan and Avner Ronen
Avner Ronen, CEO of fast-growing media aggregation and social networking startup Boxee, doesn’t shy from speaking his mind, and he didn’t when he came by Naked Media.
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NYC Studios – EUE Screen Gems Studios
I was looking at studio spaces in NYC this week to produce a TV talk show pilot. I brought my flip camera along and shot some footage at EUE Screen Gems Studios in midtown Manhattan.
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Twitter as the New Nielsen
Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia, and former CEO of Tacoda, which was sold to AOL for about $250 million, recently caused a stir with an article he wrote in MediaPost titled, Could Twitter Replace Nielsen.
In the article, Dave wonders whether, at some point, Twitter may prove to be an as or more effective, and certainly [...] -
ADHD is a trait of successful entrepreneurs
I met a senior media executive who started a successful pay-TV company many years ago and we started talking about traits of successful entrepreneurs and how they may not be completely “normal”. That appears to have some basis. A research paper on Ritalin, the drug that is commonly used to treat ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity [...]
Boxee as The (anti-TiVO) Solution
It looks to me like Boxee aims to be THE media consumption solution on whatever box you use — computer, set-top box, Apple TV, etc. Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of video aggregator Magnify.net, on Monday wrote a provocative piece saying Boxee could “be the new operating system for the open content web.”
But he also implores Boxee [...]Power Corrupts
Companies that start small and scrappy, playing within the rules of the game and altering the competitive landscape through innovation often grow into big companies that attempt to lock in their advantages through any means necessary.
