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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Oct 12th

Conclusion NYT is working on organizing its online business on the basis of key verticals, which will allow it to extend its popular classifieds sections like auto, jobs, real estate, travel, and entertainment, increase user engagement and aid in monetization of the sites. The partnership with Monster to build its online recruitment product offering is

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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 10th

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Context Some NYT sites have very good contextual nuances. If you want to know how much calories you are taking in when you are having your favorite chocolate ice-cream or how much calories you have burned by jogging for 15 minutes in the morning or if you are looking for some

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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 9th

Vertical Strategy The New York Times Company is operating in a number of key verticals (Jobs, Business & Finance, Health, Shopping, Real Estate, Autos, Technology / Gadgets, Travel, Entertainment, and Lifestyle) through its sites NYTimes.com, Boston.com, About.com, etc. We will take a look at the Company’s various online verticals in this segment. Vertical Search Consumersearch.com

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Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 3rd

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the McClatchy sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on each vertical category. This segment also includes an overview of the

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 28th

Conclusion Gannett realizes that consumers are changing the way they access content every day, and advertisers are working hard to find the best ways to reach them. The Company is looking at enhancing its core assets and building digital businesses, designed to provide solutions for both consumers and advertisers. The building of the various digital

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 26th

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the Gannett sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on each vertical category. This segment also includes an overview of the

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Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 21st

Conclusion IAC has leadership positions in the Personals, and Local / Ticketing verticals. Through Expedia, it also has a great position in Travel. However, there are concerns with HSN Network, Lending Tree and Real Estate segments, though they are strong brands with competitive positioning. IAC holds more than 60 online properties and someone could easily

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Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Sep 20th

Acquisition Targets IAC has made a host of acquisitions in the past few years in the Internet space. IAC acquired Ask.com in 2005 for $1.9 billion. Over the past two years it has made some interesting acquisitions including Shoebuy and CollegeHumour. The table below lists all the acquisitions made by IAC between 2001 and 2006.

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