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What Micropayments Mean for Content Producers
PaidContent reports that "Micropayments firm Peppercoin has received $8 million in venture funding." As micropayments continue to gather steam and become easier (and more affordable) for content owners and readers to use, the opportunities to monetize even small pieces of content may increase. The question is: just because it becomes easier, will readers be willing…
Washington Post Adds Ads to RSS
AdAge reports on that the Washington Post has become an early adopter of RSS ads. I’ve seen them in the feeds I subscribe to from the Post and they are done well — easily seen but not obnoxious.
My Omnivore 100 List
Saw this over on CC Chapman’s blog. Had to tally up my own list. Basically, it’s a list someone put together about 100 foods everyone should try in their lifetime. So far I have tried 73 of them (those in bold). 1. Venison 2. Nettle tea 3. Huevos rancheros 4. Steak tartare 5. Crocodile 6….
Googling the Next Acquisition
Hollywood Reporter looks for Google’s next move. The item mentions potential acquisition targets: Infospace, AOL, and TiVO. In addition: Other analysts proposed a combination of public and private firms Google might be eyeing, including emerging search companies like Blinkx, TVEyes and Convera Corp. I’m not an expert on all of these, though I do recall…
Truly Local Content
Mike Orren: "Earthlink joins the hordes trying to do local via aggregation, in this case using Topix and Google." He also notes that "any successful local play has to be a hybrid of original content and aggregation." (which the Earthlink product is not) Mike’s right. The aggregation can help jumpstart the community with consumer generated…
Boston Blogger Dinner July 12
I originally posted this on TechJots, but I imagine readers here may be interested as well: I always knew I liked Shel Israel. Now I know why: he’s a Red Sox fan! Seriously, though, he’s going to be part of a blogger dinner in Boston on July 12 at 7 pm at Fire and Ice…