Conferences

EconSM Video: Getting Real: Grown-Up Start Ups - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sat 10 May 2008 05:05 PM PST

In our second video from EconSM 2008, Social Approach’s CEO Shawn Gold moderated Getting Real: Grown-Up Start Ups with Dalton Caldwell, imeem’s founder and CEO, Seth Goldstein, SocialMedia Networks’ co-founder…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Tom Clarke: TheStreet.com To Rebrand Itself?; Going Hard After Bankrate - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 03:28 PM PST

At the Needham Internet and Digital Media Conference, Thomas Clarke, CEO of TheStreet.com (NSDQ: TSCM), gave an almost identical presentation to one he gave at a Jefferies conference earlier this…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Interview: David Pakman, CEO, eMusic: ‘Adults Still Buy Music’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 11:19 AM PST

For a while there, eMusic was notable as the online music retailer that didn’t have DRM, but that differentiator is pretty much gone. During a panel on the ‘long tail’…

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@ Needham Digital Media Con: Spanfeller: Economy Isn’t Only Factor In Slower Growth; Forbes.com IPO? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 11:11 AM PST

Brand advertising growth has slowed down online, but the weakening economy is just one factor, according to Jim Spanfeller, CEO of Forbes.com. During a keynote interview with senior analyst Mark…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Neil Ashe, CEO, CNET; Yahoo Ads; China Growth - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 05:45 AM PST

With representatives of Jana in the room at the Needham Internet and Digital Media Conference, CNET (NSDQ: CNET) CEO Neil Ashe made the case that the company is on an…

WB Considers MomLogic.com Syndicated Talk Show Spin-Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 08:22 AM PST

TV offspring for MomLogic.com: THR says WB’s Telepictures Prods. is considering a daytime talk show based on its still new MomLogic.com, possibly as early as 2009. This fits in with…

ABM Conference: How Do You Change Nielsen? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 10:14 AM PST

At American Business Media’s annual Spring conference at La Quinta, CA, the opening keynote this morning going on right now is by David Calhoun, Chairman/ CEO of The Nielsen Company.…

MSFT-YHOO: From The Nebraska Furniture Mart - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sat 03 May 2008 09:54 PM PST

So there was a small connection between today’s big story and the Berkshire Hathaway meeting: Bill Gates and Sue Decker were both seated in the very front row, with just…

@ Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting; With Buffett, Gates, Decker And 30,000 Others - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 02 May 2008 09:32 PM PST

It’s about as far away from the big digital media hubs as you can get, but I’m hanging out in Omaha, Nebraska this weekend for Berkshire Hathaway’s famous annual shareholder…

EconSM Video: Keynote Q&A: Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group - 3 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 02 May 2008 09:00 AM PST

On Tuesday we had our second Economics of Social Media conference and, as promised, we’ll be posting videos here of all the sessions. Below, our Keynote Q&A with Steve Wadsworth,…

@ EconSM: Full Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:45 PM PST

Today we had our second annual Economics of Social Media conference. The jampacked event began Monday night with our first panel and mixer at Casa del Mar in Santa Monica,…

@ EconSM: Interview: Ron Grant, President, AOL: Bebo Will Return Us To Our Roots - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:47 PM PST

AOL president Ron Grant, appearing on our EconSM panel, suggested new acquisition of Bebo would be used to thread social features throughout AOL’s new-look websites. In a later chat with…

@ EconSM: Deals And Dealmakers: The Outlook For 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:17 PM PST

The final panel at EconSM was the deals panel, which ContentNext Editor and Publisher Rafat Ali described as the “flagship” panel. Economy and outlook for 2008: Geoff Yang, Redpoint…

@EconSM: AOL & Bebo; ‘The Final Leg Of The Stool’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) $850 million purchase of Bebo back in March was one of the big social media deals of the year. In a Q&A with ContentNext co-editor Staci Kramer…

@ EconSM: Advertisers’ Love/Hate Relationship With Social Media - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 03:45 PM PST

Advertisers and media companies have a strange disconnect when it comes to social media. On one hand, they’re heartily embrace the ability to directly engage with consumers. And on the…

@ EconSM: Funny or Die Says Social Media Laughs Can Be A Serious Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:09 PM PST

Dick Glover, the CEO of Funny or Die, the comedy site known for its smash hit short film “The Landlord,” starring Will Ferrell, and Chris Henchy, head of West…

@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

@ EconSM: Q&A: Jeff Weiner, EVP Network Division, Yahoo; Lighting Up Yahoo’s Social Connections - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 01:56 PM PST

Last week at the Web 2.0 Expo, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) took the wraps off its new social initiative dubbed Yahoo! Open Strategy—but it’s not a social network! “The world doesn’t…

@ EconSM: Video Interview: Loic Le Meur, CEO, Seesmic: US Beats EU For Innovation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 01:33 PM PST

At our EconSM social media conference in Los Angeles, I caught up with Loic Le Meur, CEO, founder of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, between sessions to ask him about…

@ EconSM: Grown-Up Start-Ups: Profitability Is A Choice; Take Time To Suck - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:27 AM PST

Shawn Gold, moderator for this session on scaling social media start-ups in to larger enterprises, kicked off with a challenge: “Hands up if your profitable”. Palms went up from half…

@ EconSM: MTVN’s Social Media Challenge: Growing Digital Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 10:26 AM PST

Alluding to Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) decision to pass on buying MySpace, Staci D. Kramer, co-editor/EVP for paidContent parent ContentNext Media, asked a panel of MTV Network executives about missed opportunities…

@ Econ SM: Keynote Q&A Steve Wadsworth; The Problem Is Too Many Measurements - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:47 AM PST

Just in case you were curious: The Miley Cyrus pictures will not be appearing on Disney.com anytime soon, at least according to Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:…

@ EconSM: Social Video Explosion: We Don’t Need Hits; Longform Can Work - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:54 AM PST

Panel moderator Robert Scoble opened by asking our guests for an overview of the emerging social video space. Loic Le Meur, CEO of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, said “about…

@ EconSM: Rafat’s Opening Remarks From Our Social Media Conference - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:47 AM PST

Our publisher Rafat Ali is on stage at the Skirball Center auditorium in beautiful scenery here in the hills surrounding Los Angeles, kicking off our second EconSM conference covering the…

@ EconSM: Election ‘08 And The Rise Of Voter-Generated Content - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 07:00 PM PST

After discussing their new jobs, Dennis Haarsager, interim CEO of National Public Radio, asked members of the opening panel at ContentNext’s EconSM conference the way social media has influenced the…