Tag Archives: Media
The New Television mutates analog television
And you thought analog *print* had some problems. 5D Conference : New Television Pt 4 – Kevin Slavin from Dave Blass on Vimeo.
A tragic tale of Free gone horribly wrong
Jon Lund, the head of the Danish Internet Advertising Bureau, and I had dinner in Norway last week and he told me the chilling story of the crazy free newspaper war in Denmark that almost killed everyone involved. I thought it was an important cautionary tale of Free gone wrong, and I encouraged him to [...]
Terrific survey of free business models online
From Box UK, a survey of business models used by the top Web apps, most of them variations of ad-supported Free and Freemium. In the chart below, the largest segment (ITA) is ad-supported, the second largest (ISV) is Freemium. After that is referral (ITR) and then the sale of virtual goods (IPV), such as the [...]
My Letter to the Economist
To the Editor, As a former Economist technology writer, I understand the attractions of “simplify, then exaggerate”. But in the case of your article on freeconomics (“The end of free lunch—again”, March 19th), you have done a bit too much of both. First, where is your evidence that online advertising is a failing model? To [...]
I Am the Long Tail – the movie
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has just released a seven-minute movie called “I Am the Long Tail”. Here’s an excerpt of their description: Analysts estimate there are as many as 1.2 million Web sites that support themselves by selling advertising, through their own sales forces or ad networks. Most of them constitute the vaunted "long [...]
Open source is a company; social media is a country
At the Sourceforge breakfast this morning we got some questions on what the organizational differences are between open source and social media. Here’s my answer: One of the paradoxes of early 20th Century management was the observation that companies are best run as dictatorships, while countries are best run as democracies. Why was this? Management [...]
My Two Cents on Charging for Content
Time, the New York Times and others with their back against the economic wall are now reconsidering that whole free thing. Ann Moore, the CEO of Time Inc, told a British newspaper: “Who started this rumour that all information should be free and why didn't we challenge this when it first came out? I say [...]