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eBay to Buy Skype
It feels like it is 1999 again. WSJ reports eBay is paying $2.6 billion (more with earnouts) to buy Skype, an Internet phone company that projects revenues of $60 million this year. UPDATE: PaidContent reports on eBay’s efforts to explain why it isn’t 1999 and the deal makes sense. It includes a 78 slide PowerPoint.
Local Paper Launches Video Service
Interesting tidbit from PaidContent: The Virginian-Pilot–the largest daily metropolitan newspaper in the state of Virginia, has launched a standalone video site called HamptonRoads.tv. The site has local (both professional editorial and user-generated video) and national video (AP video feeds) and will funnel video to its local websites, HamptonRoads.com and PilotOnline.com.
Why You Should Take Advantage of Online Advocacy
I created a short video for a presentation I did today about the promising future (and productive past) of online advocacy. It is entitled "Digital Advocacy Works" and it covers the history of online advocacy since 1994 (in brief), as well as some of the technologies available today and what this means for companies and…
Monday Reading List
I’m experimenting with a new way of sharing some of the interesting articles I’m reading from around the web. These links will show up in real time (or nearly so) in the sidebar of Pardon the Disruption at ChipGriffin.com, but I also plan to batch them up and post them here for those of you who may not constantly check my web site.
Outcome of My Surgery
Bottom line: things went as well as could be expected this week. Now bring on 2009!
Cisco Government Affairs Types Lead the Way
Who would have thought that the public affairs folks at Cisco would actually lead the way at the high-tech company by launching the networking giant’s first official blog? Neville Hobson draws attention to this groundbreaking effort. (Link: NevOn: Cisco breaks new ground with government affairs blog.)