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Casual Games – Everyone Can Play
By Gabe Zichermann, Guest Author By now, many of you have undoubtedly heard of casual games as part of a revolutionary change in the way people play. Casual games have evolved from their humble origins as “interstitial entertainment” to take their place alongside the biggest segments of the industry as a $2Bn+ category in its
PC Games – Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going
By Gabe Zichermann, Guest Author Most of the innovation in today’s game industry can be traced directly to key advances brought first to the PC, not to mention the millions of players that got their (awkward) start with Leisure Suit Larry on the Apple II. As the most open and edge-technology driven sector of the
NBC Focuses on Women
This week, NBC bought Oxygen Media for $925 Million. iVillage + Oxygen gives them a pretty big presence in the women’s demographics. I believe, iVillage is also pulling together a women focused vertical blog ad network with Adify, in which NBC invested alongside Time Warner. [Related coverage at Alarm Clock.] So, now where does that
Web 3.0 & News Corp (Part 4)
Acquisition Targets Over the years, News Corp. has been acquiring businesses that would help it close the gaps in its portfolio. The MySpace acquisition helped it to leapfrog in the social networking space and with the recent acquisition of Dow Jones it will emerge as a leading player in the financial news and information space.
Web 3.0 and Verticalization
I have worked with the Web 3.0 framework for months now, and taken a crack at defining how the web is likely to evolve in the future. So here’s a recap of the thesis so far. I will be adding a dimension to this framework shortly, so it is a good time to stop and
Women & Web 3.0 (Part 5)
M&A and VC activity NBC Universal acquired iVillage, the most popular women’s site along with its other Internet properties for $600 million in 2006. Glam Media, the number one women’s property on the Net as per the latest comScore ranking raised $18.5 million in Series C funding from Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures (DAG), Accel
Did Digg Just Dump FM?
Digg has announced a deal with Microsoft. In a big win, Microsoft will manage their ad inventory as exclusive provider of banner, display and paid search advertising, replacing Federated Media and Google. FM will continue to provide other types of advertising on Digg, including integrated campaigns and sponsorships. What are we seeing here? Is FM
Women & Web 3.0 (Part 4)
Web 3.0 formula discussion (4C, P, VS) My Web 3.0 formula definition is here. Incidentally, it uses an example from the women’s vertical to articulate my vision for Web 3.0, so if you happen to be an entrepreneur or a product manager for a women’s site, you ought to look that up. Context Most women’s
