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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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advertising
Defying Google: Adify CEO, Russ Fradin (Part 1)
I have written about Adify recently in Adify Challenges AdSense. In this series, I have a long conversation with Russ Fradin, an online advertising industry veteran, and currently the CEO of Adify, an innovator in the Online Ad Network space. Presumably, they will help a lot of media companies and upstarts build vertical ad networks,
Web 3.0 & Travelocity
We have been discussing the online travel industry and have covered Yahoo! Travel and TripAdvisor from a Web 3.0 perspective earlier. Here we will take a look at Travelocity’s offering. Travelocity, launched in 1996 is an online travel agency. It is owned by Sabre Holdings. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, Travelocity is ranked number two among the
Wize up on what to buy (Part 4)
Wize is a relatively new entrant to the product research field, and unlike its competitor Become, does not offer an integrated search experience whereby you can do your product research as well as comparison shopping for price within the same environement. I gave this feedback to Tom, and he agrees, that the fragmented user experience
Web 3.0 & TripAdvisor
We have been discussing about the online travel industry and have covered Yahoo! Travel from a Web 3.0 perspective earlier. Here we take a look at TripAdvisor’s offering. TripAdvisor was founded in February 2000 and is among the world’s largest online travel communities with over 20 million unique monthly visitors and approximately 5 million registered
Newspapers Report Weak Earnings
WSJ reports: :: Three of the country’s biggest newspaper publishers reported sharply weaker first-quarter results Thursday, reflecting across-the-board declines in print advertising, particularly in classified ads related to the cooling housing market. Gannett Co. and New York Times Co. each posted declining earnings for the period. Tribune Co., which recently agreed to be taken private,
eBay’s Forays Into Media
eBay announced earnings. Skype numbers aren’t great, certainly not enough to justify the price they paid for it. Today, however, it looks like they’re acquiring Stumbleupon. Why? Stumbleupon is a very popular “discovery” engine, which helps users find what they would like via collective intelligence. There is always an element of surprise, and I have
Monetize the MySpace Parasites
I recently wrote a piece called News Corp: Bewildered Pioneer, where I discussed the rather low rate of monetization of MySpace, News Corp’s crown jewel in the online space. Following that, MySpace blocked Photobucket, Photobucket whined, the media went up in arms against News Corp. This is exactly what I would have done if I
BusinessWeek: Crown Jewel or Achilles’ Heel?
In my post, “McGraw-Hill: Beating the Street” I have discussed McGraw-Hill’s overall business prospects, which looks good with lower double-digit growth in 2007. However, BusinessWeek, McGraw-Hill’s crown jewel is struggling and I am going to talk about it here. BusinessWeek, is one of the most widely read business magazines, with more than 4.7 million readers
