Sunday, April 20th, 2008
CBS Interactive announced that it would reorganize its management structure on April 17 in order to build a better interactive experience for its users.One of the more telling moves, I think, is that Byron Rubin -- who worked in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) -- moves from CBS corporate to CBS ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
The traditional media is in serious financial trouble. Classified advertising is gone (and it's not coming back). Local advertising is still doing okay, but advertising spending has level off throughout the last two years. I'm sure that's only going to get better as we sink into a recession.
It's dire straits ...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
A new research poll found that 70 percent of people believe traditional media is out of touch and nearly 50 percent of people now rely on the Internet to get their news.
The story doesn't clarify exactly what going to the Web for information means, though, which makes it impossible to ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Gawker Media fired one of its editors today because she wasn't bringing in enough page views, a killer for an online media company.
I don't know the particulars of Gawker Media's business model, so I don't know whether it was a smart move. However, I'll be at their party next week ...
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