Archive for December, 2007
Over the past 12 months, a lot - and we mean a lot - of Yahoo!’s senior management has left. Most have resigned, but beneath the veneer you sense that many were shown the door. Frankly, the pace of departures accelerated after former Chairman and CEO Terry Semel left the company and was […]
Tags: M&A, Yahoo!|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 31st
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Henry Blodget’s been a great addition to the blogging landscape, but the past couple of days, he’s proving that too much turkey does cause blurriness.
Yesterday he suggested that Mozilla Firefox rebrand itself Netscape Mozilla. Just wrong.
Today he uses Perez Hilton as a case study for YouTube’s revenue programs. As a content provider to […]
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Mark Evans, who pens the “A Canadian on Tech” blog states: Canada Needs a Peter Thiel. He’s right, but the problem is, Canada does not deserve it. I’m a proud Montrealer and Canadian, I’ve had the honor and privilege of working at two of the more successful Canadian-started consumer media Internet companies of the past […]
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A lot of traditional VCs (particularly those based in the West Coast) woke up this morning and tossed some chairs around and broke some really expensive shit because of this article in the Wall Street Journal, lauding Peter Thiel and his partners over at Founders’ Fund, which include Sean Parker, Luke Nosek, Ken Howery. […]
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Been doing a lot of reading on successful media personalities. A few stories that stuck out today:
Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal, from his Wikipedia page:
He went on to Harvard, serving as President of the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, during his senior year, surprising many who thought the post would go to Michael Hirschorn. […]
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I’ve gone through many of the recaps of 2007 and predictions for 2008 and been trying to find one common theme between them. Up to now, I’ve not been able to wrap my arms around any one thing. I’ve personally spent some of the time between Christmas and the New Year looking back […]
Tags: Internet & Web|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 28th
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NTV asks what the big ad format will be in online video. No real surprises in what the panel answers. Can’t blame them.
I think the dominant ad format will not be pre-roll or overlay, both are somewhat intrusive:
- The pre-roll is like the pop-up. How much longevity did that have?
- Any decent […]
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I frequently get questions from journalists, students, etc., I usually post the answers on the blog and then send them to the interviewee. Enjoy.
I am a student from Germany. During my studies I am doing a research on the topic “US Advertising-Networks”.
During my research I came across your blog and noticed your expertise on this […]
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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 27th
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Apparently, Sam’s Club is getting into search engine marketing services. Sam’s Club is Walmart’s answer to Costco/Price Club. On the surface, this is an April Fool’s joke, right?
Wrong. This makes sense. For one parent company Walmart is all about offering discounts and introducing efficiency to inefficient markets. Say what you […]
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This question requires a far longer post and what not, but if you like nice, fat, juicy round numbers, it’s worth noting that as of today’s market close, the sum of Apple and Google’s market capitalization yielded $400 Billion.
With Apple flirting with $200 per share, that gave it a value of $175B, and Google came […]
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