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AP Installing Software to Track “Content Thieves” – This Should Work Out Just Fine

by David | Jul 24, 2009 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspapers

At the risk of having some tort-toting barrister slithering under my office door, here’s a link to a NY Times story about the latest salvo in the growing war between Traditional Media and online news aggregators/commenters. The Associated Press said Thursday...

Micropayments and Unintended Consequences: See LUN in Santiago, Chile

by David | May 15, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers

Over at The Digitalists, the question of “What would micropayments mean for journalists?” was raised. Well, there are two schools of thought to this.  The first is the one that was espoused there: What exactly do these people think that newspaper execs...

Links for video “Story in Slices” (Efecto Telenovela)

by David | Apr 18, 2009 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Video

I have learned the hard way not to dare to try to play video on the UT presentation system. So I’m using this blogpost as a way to put up the links to the examples that I want to use in tomorrow’s talk about how to tell complex stories using the...

John Battelle’s keynote at OMMA 2009 – part 2

by David | Apr 14, 2009 | advertising, Digital Migration

“So much cash sloshing around that we forgot that the interface is going to change completely.  Again.” – John Battelle Excerpts to come… mmm

New Online Ad Models/Placements That Will Make Money – Calacanis keynote (part 4)

by David | Mar 26, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Online Video

This is the final slice of the Calacanis keynote, where he concludes by showing off some of his ideas for online content sites to start effectively monetizing their audience’s attention. For example, he shows off a movie trailer that could run before users are...

Twitter Ads – More Valuable than 30 Second Superbowl Spots – Calacanis OMMA Keynote (part 3)

by David | Mar 26, 2009 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Twitter advertising

“The obligatory Twitter section of every keynote address in 2009.” Calacanis describes how web companies could really leverage their audience attention by using innovative new ad models. He “works the numbers” to show how a (proposed) $250,000...
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