The Online Ad War Begins

This space has been fairly quiet of late, as I have been deeply involved in growing and transitioning a number of businesses, ventures, and projects. I thought I’d take a moment to update all of you loyal readers about what I’m up to and in a subsequent post I will share what you can expect…

I had the opportunity to spend some time in Boulder, CO yesterday after the Defrag 2011 conference came to an end. I have also had the pleasure to get to know some of the tech startups from that area over the past few years, and I must say I am impressed. As I walked through…

Scripps bought Shopzilla recently.  This article addresses some of the synergies for the companies: “Scripps officials say they’re happy with Shopzilla as a standalone business, but both sides clearly are excited about the possibilities of joining the two categories.  By the end of this year, they said, you could see a link to Shopzilla on…

PRSA’s New York chapter is putting on what should be an interesting event on September 29 called "NY MegaTech Day."  It’s essentially a daylong seminar on blogging and new technologies for online PR.  It features prominent bloggers like Steve Rubel and BL Ochman and should provide much food for thought. The agenda is here and…

Blog valuation: The current numbers if you’re buying/selling a site (tags: Blogs M MarketResearch) PR folks see blogs as powerful and dangerous (tags: PR Blogs) Online News Squared: Americans On Net 93 Minutes Daily — 7X Newspapers (tags: OnlineMedia MarketResearch) “Define What’s Valued Online” Highlights Critical Role of Internet in Shaping Purchasing Decisions Survey of…

Jason Calacanis takes a look at what the recent changes in the search/portal area mean — and how he sees things going in the future. Another day, another series of amazing changes in our industry. Today Microsoft got into Google’s Adsense business, Yahoo finally admmitted they are in the content business, and Google is getting…