Video: How to make digital content blow up
Online publishers are benefitting by using technology to identify what readers really want to read and share. Watch BuzzFeed, AOL and Unruly Media executives discuss their viral media strategies.
‘Content is king’ again: why Bill Gates may be right after all
Despite that famous 1996 declaration, many publishers have struggled to find effective consumer offerings online. But now a perfect storm of new models and prospects gives renewed confidence for many.
HuffPo is not for sale, except maybe at the right price
AOL is getting investor interest for taking Huffington Post off its hands. But the pair are fixed on taking Arianna and TechCrunch worldwide. Next up is Japan, nine other launches and a possible UK newspaper tie-up.
Microsoft and Skype are dreaming up new ad formats
As web advertising faces challenges, how can an operating system and a VoIP service show more ads whilst not disrupting users? By threading them so deeply in to the technologies that no-one notices, Microsoft and Skype say.
East vs West: Tumblr’s Karp on why New York is no ‘Valley Jr.’
Start spreading the news — New York’s buzziest new media start-ups draw from a richer cultural tapestry that can lure engineering talent from Palo Alto, Gotham founders say. Now they just need a massive exit.
The Morning Lowdown 11.19.10
» If the kind of checkbook journalism employed by Nick Denton at Gawker Media “works” — in the sense that it produces stories th…
@ Monaco Media Forum: James Murdoch’s First Rule (With Video)
The Monaco Media Forum isn’t exactly Fight Club but James Murdoch, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) CEO for Europe and Asia, has a first rule: “First r…
Life With The Daily Beast: Tina Brown Talks To Larry Kramer
An interesting and wonderfully rambling interview with Tina Brown, done earlier this week at the Monaco Media Forum by our friend Larry Kram…