Archive for the 'Conde Nast' Category
Life isn’t getting any better for magazine companies:
According to figures released by the Publishers Information Bureau and TNS Media Intelligence, in Q1 2008:
- ad pages fell 6.3% compared to the same period in 2007, from 54,126 in 2007 to 50,696 in 2008.
- total revenues remained basically flat with a slight 0.4% decline.
- the decline in […]
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Digg competitor Mixx raises $2M in funding. This title could be called why social bookmarking sites are bad investments. Let me explain:
Yes, social bookmarking tools like Digg, Reddit, etc., have revolutionized news, publishing and media. Kevin Rose - and Joshua Schachter (founder of Del.icio.us) before him - deserve a lot of credit. […]
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The following is a perpetual-work-in-progress. Once you start to compile a list of mergers and acquisitions, you realize why it’s nearly impossible to have a complete list. We are quite confident that the following is a very good, comprehensive list of the largest, more notable deals… but it is not - and no list will […]
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Nick Denton - journalist, author, publisher, entrepreneur, event promoter - has consistently rewritten the rules of publishing while adhering to the most important values in journalism. As blogging becomes more commonplace, influential and important, the line between blogging and publishing becomes quite blurry, but wherever that line sits, Denton is pushing it relentlessly.
Today Valleywag […]
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Some time ago, I suggested (probably not alone) that the real danger to adult entertainment was not piracy but rather, user-generated content. As a web guy (I’ve ever worked in adult or anything), it was clear that a site like YouPorn would be a major threat to adult entertainment. What’s YouPorn? Think YouTube, for […]
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Part 1 coverage here.
I grew up reading business magazines: Fortune, Business Week, Economist and to a lesser extent Forbes. Then the Web’s explosion got me to read Fast Company, Business 2.0, Red Herring and company, so I was looking forward to panel #2 with:
- David Carey, publisher of Portfolio (Conde Nast’s $120M startup)
As a […]
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Like sports, rivalries are always a nice thing in business, especially if you’re the seller. Some of the interesting rivalries of late:
Viacom vs. News Corp.: IGN, MySpace
Yahoo! vs. Google: YouTube
Google vs. MSFT: aQuantive, Doubleclick
But what about CondeNast vs. Hearst? Both have fantastic brands but their business is being challenged by the digital revolution. Last year Conde Nast […]
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This weekend I got a reminder from Business Week that my magazine subscription was nearing the end. I got the same exact warning from Business Week competitor Fortune last year, and brace yourself folks, I did not heed the warning. I no longer get Fortune. My life has not changed. Because my life has not […]
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