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Facebook & Pajamas Media: the “Site Traffic” Monetization Myth

by David | Feb 4, 2009 | advertising, Digital Migration, google, journalism, New Marketing, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers

This is going to have to be quick – I haven’t had any spare time to blog, since I’ve been finishing up on editing the Great Big Scary Project, and I have to churn out my intros to said project, along with sprucing up my multimedia examples for my...

Time, Inc. Reorganizes and (sigh) Lays Off 600

by David | Oct 29, 2008 | advertising, Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers

Not a good week in journalism.  And this cover story was, unfortunately, quite prophetic for a lot of Time, Inc. staffers. Of interest, amidst the “can you braid this into a noose for me please?”-type news, is the announcement by CEO Ann Moore that...

Barry Diller on Internet Advertising: “It makes my head hurt.”

by David | Oct 7, 2008 | advertising, Digital Migration, new media

I know how you feel, Barry. This quote from an excellent Wall St. Journal interview with one of the smarter (and more ruthless) guys in the media biz. He’s coming forward to explain why he busted up IAC. “You really want to get a headache? Try to understand...

Replacing Newspapers: A Cocktail Approach

by David | Oct 6, 2008 | advertising, Blogs, Design, Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Online Video

I hate like hell to keep doing quick, off-the-cuff bites at such big topics, but maybe I should just resign myself to accepting the web ethos of not trying to do all things at once.  Yeah, yeah, I know – “Eat the elephant one bite at a time.”So...

Yahoo’s Blueprint, PointRoll Dances on the iPhone, and Millennial Media Targets Everyone

by David | Sep 11, 2008 | advertising, Design, Digital Migration, google, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Online Video

Packing up for the trip back down to LA, but couldn’t let these little tidbits from the CTIA pass without at least acknowledging them. 1.  Yahoo is trying to drum up some support for its Blueprint mobile platform.  They claim that it’s going to allow...

NBC Throws Audience Measurement Methodologies at Olympics to See What Sticks

by David | Jul 7, 2008 | adsense clickfraud, advertising, Digital Migration, google, journalism, new media, Newspapers, Online Video, television

Meanwhile, Google whistles nervously, hoping nobody thinks to raise the issue of AdSense clickfraud again… There’s a yawning gulf in New Media. It stretches from the pittance that most media creators get for their ad space to the other side, where the...
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