EconSM

EconSM Video #3: Social Media And Music Industry - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Jun 2007 08:42 PM PST

This is the third video posted from our The Economics of Social Media (EconSM) conference. The first panel video is here (Social Media CEOs) and the second panel video (Social…

EconSM Video: Social Media & News - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 23 Jun 2007 10:02 AM PST

This is the second video posted from our The Economics of Social Media (EconSM) conference. The first one was posted here. To refresh your memory, EconSM was held on April…

EconSM Video: Social Media CEOs - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 21 Jun 2007 12:38 PM PST

As promised—although a little later than hoped due to some internal issues: the panel videos from our first conference, The Economics of Social Media (EconSM), and we will be embedding…

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Our Next Conference: Future of Business Media, NYC This Fall - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 May 2007 09:12 PM PST

Though there’s still a lot of post-mortem to be done on our first conference, EconSM, we are already thinking about our next conference specifically—and our events strategy in general. No,…

EconSM: More Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 01 May 2007 01:58 AM PST

Coverage of EconSM continues to ripple out: Abbey Klaassen, AdAge: MySpace Wouldn’t Have Survived Without News Corp.: “If MySpace hadn’t been sold to News Corp., it wouldn’t exist today. That…

EconSM: How Others Saw It - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 29 Apr 2007 07:20 PM PST

One of the best parts of putting on EconSM—looking at it through other lenses. Some examples: Robert Niles, OJR: “Social media provides challenges, and opportunities, for online news” Kara Swisher,…

EconSM: Our Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 29 Apr 2007 03:28 PM PST

EconSM live blogged by our NYC correspondent David Kaplan and contentSutra Editor Nikhil Pahwa: -- @ EconSM: Managing Deals With Social Nets -- @EconSM: Musicians Can’t Rely On Social Networks…

EconSM Pre-Conference Reception Pics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Apr 2007 12:30 AM PST

Some gorgeous pictures taken by our EconSM conference photographer Alen Lin, at the pre-conference reception at CAA building last week...the full set of pictures is here.

EconSM: Thank You All For Making It A Wonderful Conference - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 26 Apr 2007 11:47 PM PST

Way too tired to say much else--David and Nikhil liveblogged the whole conference below--expect thank you all for a wonderful conference. Thanks to all the participants, speakers, sports, and everyone…

@EconSM: Musicians Can’t Rely On Social Networks Alone For Making Money - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 26 Apr 2007 03:42 PM PST

There emerged something of a consensus during the “Social Media meets Music” panel at EconSM, that musicians can’t rely on social networks alone for making money: giving the example of…

@ EconSM: Focusing On The Health Of Journalism In The Social Media Age - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 26 Apr 2007 01:44 PM PST

How the the mainstream media is responding to the rise of social networks was addressed during one of the EconSM afternoon breakout sessions. Vivian Schiller, SVP and GM, NYTimes.com; Rich…

EconSM Photos - Live Updates - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 26 Apr 2007 10:16 AM PST

So, a packed house here at EconSM (the photo on the rightThis was taken before the event began), and the second session - on Social Media and Marketing - has…

@ EconSM: Social Networks Need To Tap Users’ Passions Through Niche Brands - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 26 Apr 2007 07:35 AM PST

Following introductions of participants on our EconSM Conference‘s opening panel, the The Social Media C-Level Superpanel, the panelists - Barak Berkowitz, chairman and CEO, Six Apart; Michael Birch, CEO, Bebo;…

EconSM Pre-Evening Mixer & Dinner - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 25 Apr 2007 11:56 PM PST

It went very well..we had a very nice pre-EconSM mixer at CAA this evening, and a surprisingly large number of attendees showed up. After that, we had a speakers’ dinner…

Coming Tonight: Pre-Conference Mixer for EconSM - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Apr 2007 11:25 PM PST

It’s showtime. Tonight our conference activities start, with the evening reception at the CAA building (only for EconSM attendees). We won’t be answering too many e-mails tomorrow or the day…

EconSM: Sold Out On Tickets - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 11 Apr 2007 11:39 PM PST

About two-and-a-half weeks before our first conference, we’re sold out on tickets. We’ll have about 500 participants in total at EconSM, on April 26th...for those of you who registered, including…

EconSM Breakout Panels: Music and News - 0 Comments
Posted By Jimmy Guterman - Mon 09 Apr 2007 09:05 AM PST

We’re aiming to make The Economics of Social Media on April 26 as participatory as possible, and two of the panels will be even more so than the others. We…

EconSM Panel 3: Hollywood - 1 Comment
Posted By Jimmy Guterman - Thu 05 Apr 2007 09:20 PM PST

In our last session before lunch at the EconSM conference on April 26th in LA, we’ll examine how social media is changing Hollywood. As broadband inches toward ubiquity and movie…

Connect@EconSM Is Open For Business - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Apr 2007 09:56 AM PST

Registration for our upcoming conference The Economics of Social Media includes membership in Connect@EconSM-- our first full-featured social network. Connect@EconSM provides a private appointment system for the conference, a community…

EconSM Final Speakers Adds: George Kliavkoff; Tina Sharkey; Richard Rosenblatt - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 01 Apr 2007 10:21 PM PST

For our EconSM social media conference on April 26th, we’ve added some final names into the program: these are George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal (also incharge of the…

EconSM Panel 2: Social Media Meets Marketing - 0 Comments
Posted By Jimmy Guterman - Thu 29 Mar 2007 11:30 PM PST

After the opening session at our EconSM conference On April 26th in LA, we’ll turn to the dual questions of how social media is changing marketing—and how marketing is changing…

EconSM Panel 1: The Social Media C-Execs Superpanel - 0 Comments
Posted By Jimmy Guterman - Sun 25 Mar 2007 11:32 PM PST

At EconSM conference on April 26th, the day will start with a knockout superpanel, full of strong voices from some of the most distinctive companies in social media: Barak Berkowitz,…

EconSM: Who’s on Which Panel? - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 23 Mar 2007 07:13 AM PST

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be discussing in depth what each panel will address at the EconSM conference on April 26th in Beverly Hills. If you’re interested in who the…

EconSM Conference: Some New Names Added: Facebook; SixApart and Pandora - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 21 Mar 2007 08:49 AM PST

We have added some more stage-setters from the emerging companies side to out Economics of Social Media Conference (EconSM): they include Facebook COO Owen Van Natta, SixApart CEO Barak Berkowitz,…

EconSM: The Stage-Setters Selection Process - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 18 Mar 2007 10:58 PM PST

We have finally nailed down the program flow for our Economics of Social Media (EconSM) conference on April 26th in LA. And since we always strive for transparency, it is…