#SXSW Serendipity, Stamina, Survival

22Mar11

SXSW was insane. At my Future 15 presentation, I had the stage between Ben Relles, YouTube’s Next New Networks founder, and Evan Spiridellis, Jib Jab Founder, and focused my talk on counting clicks for conversion and capitalizing on the moment of monetization.  But I didn’t shock the monkey until I called out a prediction that […]

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#SMWSF The Value of A Like, Beyond ROI

10Feb11

Ogilvy had a big team out in San Francisco today for Social Media Week.  Their morning session at SPUR sold out almost as fast as Coachella.  The WSJ was to my side and behind me was the Peachpit PR guru who executed the Bunny Ears Blitz on Macworld 2009.  Nokia popped in to give away […]

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Tags: #SMWSF, 140 Proof, @intelfuturist, Amazon, BAMM.tv, Blippy, Brian David Johnson, Coachella, Facebook, Intel, Like, Lithium, Nokia, Ogilvy, Pop17, Silicon Valley Experiment, WSJ, YouTube

#SMWSF Social Media Week, @AOL HuffPo, DICE Summit

07Feb11

What a way to start the week! Arianna Huffington, now AOL content czar, swings $315mm in HuffPo acquisition and fulfills promise to make blogging a pay profession. Of course, as an AOL music blogger, I’m biased and couldn’t be happier, for this now makes two iconic bosses in my career and great cocktail chatter for […]

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#DMCW Digital Media Conference West/The Guide

27Oct10

Digital Media Wire’s Digital Media Conference West arrives at the hip Hotel Kabuki today (1625 Post, San Francisco) mixing it up with the digerati to discuss trends and opportunities monetizing content across platforms.  In the house will be NBCU, CBS Interactive, Fox, MTV, YouTube, TiVo, NVP, ivi TV, Kyte, Ning, Meebo, blip, Rev3, Ooyala, Pandora, […]

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Tags: blip, CBS Interactive, Digital Media Conference West, Digital Media Wire, Fox, Hotel Kabuki, ivi TV, Kyte, Meebo, MTV, NBCU, Ning, NVP, Ooyala, Pandora, Rev3, Sezmi, TiVo, YouTube

What Hollywood Needs To Know To Get In The Game

25Oct10

With the advent of the paywall on Hulu, YouTube, Boxee and other video platforms, Hollywood could learn a lesson from the online gaming industry on just what it will take to get to epic profitability – tapping the consumers all-important willingness to pay. The online gaming industry is exploding into a substantial second economy as […]

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Tags: 7 Eleven, AOL, Boxee, branded, celebrity, content acquisition, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Electronic Arts, film, game, GameStop, gaming, Hollywood, Hulu, media, mobile, monetization, music, platform, Playdom, Playfish, PlaySpan, SMS, social, Spinner.com, tv, Vegas, video, virtual goods, Walmart, YouTube, Zynga

#VidCon Rocks!

12Jul10

It was an all-out SXSW/Comic-Con/w00tfest mashup complete with ball pit, karaoke room, and hugs from YouTubers and their favorite stars. Collectively the audiences of these vloggers rival that of the major tv/cable networks with Ryan Higa at the top with 500+ million views and nearly 2.5 million subscribers. And as much power as that implies, […]

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Tags: @ijustine, Alex Day, Alli Speed, Autotune The News, Brittani Louise Taylor, Chad Vader, ChadMattandRob, Charles Trippy, Charlie McDonnell, Comic Con, DailyBooth, Dan Brown, Danny Diamond, Dave Days, David Choi, DFTBA, George Strompolos, Hank Green, HBO Elevator, Hot Girls, John Green, Johnny Durham, Julia Nunes, KassemG, Kevin Nalty, KevJumba, latv fest, Lisa Nova, LiveLavaLive, Meekakitty, Michael Aranda, Michael Buckley, Miles Dyer, Molly Lewis, Mystery Guitar Man, Nanalew, NATPE, Next New Networks, NWYA, Orabrush, Philip DeFranco, PlaySpan, Pomplamoose, Rawn, Revision3, Rhett and Link, Rootberry, Ryan Higa, Shane Dawson, Shay Carl, Shaytards, Smosh, sxephil, SXSW, Tay Zonday, The Gregory Brothers, The Professionals, The Station, Tom Milsom, Turnip Time, VidCon, Vlogbrothers, w00tfest, World Cup, YouTube, Ze Frank

#VidCon #LATV Fest/The Guide

07Jul10

The week ahead couldn’t be more exciting with the sold out #VidCon and NATPE’s #LATV Fest taking over the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.  Party with your favorite web celebs and network executives.  It’s the place to pitch your way to fame and fortune.  We’ll be there tweeting live so follow @contentnow.  Here’s where we plan […]

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#NAB Guide/Jason Reitman, Dweezil Zappa

11Apr10

NAB kicks into high gear tomorrow at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  Always a great show, here are some of the highlights. M 4/12 7:30-8:30 Brandon Burgess, ION, John Thode, Dell, Dave Lougee, Gannett 9-10 Michael J. Fox, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Sony, Gordon Smith, NAB 10:30-11:30 Broadcast Spectrum w Phil Bellaria, FCC, Meredith Broadcast Group.. 11-11:30 […]

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#TVOT10/TV of Tomorrow Show Guide

02Mar10

Anyone who is a fan of Tracy Swedlow’s excellent InteractiveTV Today blog is going to want to be at her TV of Tomorrow Show this week at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco where the talk will be everything OTT, CloudTV, and TV everywhere with probably the best discussion on Tcommerce interactive […]

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#NATPE/Kicks Off SXSW Style

24Jan10

The lemon drops and quesadillas kept coming as my table traded  success stories of getting premium content onto OTT platforms.   It was an exciting kick off to NATPE 2010 as guests from all around the world started to filter into the opening night party sponsored by SXSW.  And it was only fitting to have Rick […]

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