Case Studies: Information Industry Innovators
Video: innovation can thrive in many publishing environments, it’s not all about Silicon Valley but applying their lessons and the tried and true lessons - speak to your customers is Steve Goldstein’s mantra, and it’s an important one - is possible in any content company.
An Interview With Caroline Little, Publisher, WashingtonPost.com
Video: The Washington Post is a good example of a strong local news organization with national impact that is still struggling to find growth in spite of being profitable. the rise of ad networks has broken papers’ lockhold on local ads and created far more competition for national and global ads. Newspapers are reluctant to move into virtual aggregation of local content and becoming ad networks in their own rights, yet that’s where the money is going.
After the Froth - How the Financial Markets Will Affect Information Companies
Video: Information companies large and small have been going through a cycle of active investment and M&A activity over the past 24 months. Strategic buyers as well as private equity firms have pushed valuations to high levels, and caused an unprecedented level of industry consolidation.
Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters on The Future of Information and Technology
Video: How does a company founded in 1851 based on delivering stock ticker data by carrier pigeons stay relevant in the 21st century? By keeping in the thick of changes in content technology every step of the way.
Andrew Keen on The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture
Video: The San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote that “every good movement needs a contrarian. Web 2.0 has Andrew Keen.” Keen’s relentless “polemic” is on target about how a sea of amateur content threatens to swamp the most vital information and how blogs often reinforce one’s own views rather than expand horizons.
SIIA Previews - Business and Investment Panel
Video: Bambi Francisco of Vator TV is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the business climate for media and technology companies in 2008. The panel includes Pando CEO and entrepreneur, Robert Levitan, Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP Brian Hirsch, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner, David Silverman, and Reitler Brown & Rosenblatt Partner John Watkins.
Kevin Ryan, former DoubleClick CEO
Video: Kevin Ryan, Co-Chairman & Co-Founder of Alley Corp, discusses his experience at DoubleClick, and gives his outlook on the market in 2008. In his talk, Ryan includes his thoughts on the death of the printed publication, and the ramifications on the media industry.
Always On: Baynote on contextual search
VIDEO: Jack Jia of Baynote at “ALWAYS ON” discusses contextual search and learning from customer behavior.
ScribeMedia’s Green Screen Studio
Video: We do a lot of green screen shoots in our New York studio for customers. Jason put together this little piece to illustrate what’s possible with green screen these days.
User Generated World with College Humor
VIDEO: David Kirkpatrick, senior editor for Internet and technology at Fortune Magazine, discusses online media strategies with College Humor’s Josh Abramson.
