David Cohen

I have long opined that new media models will not kill traditional media but merely shift how traditional media works. Yesterday’s Chart of the Day from Silicon Alley Insider bolsters this view, as it shows Hulu making significant gains against YouTube.

Many PR agencies worry about portraying themselves as different from the competition. After all, that’s how you get business, right? Often, agencies end up with “differentiation” that isn’t really all that different. (Hint: just about everyone says that the quality of their team makes them different.) Clients want results, so they’re not focused on the…

The same things that draw many of us to New England as a place to live and work can make networking for web entrepreneurs more challenging. With a few exceptions, the population density is such that we don’t have the same critical mass in small geographic areas as those in San Francisco or New York City.

One of the hardest things I do for work is attend cocktail receptions. Yeah, I know, poor me. Go somewhere for free food and drink and casual conversation. It’s the same look I get when I complain about having to travel to Key West to speak at a conference in the dead of winter. But…