OPA London

Weekend Video: Stats Blast From eMarketer CEO Geoff Ramsey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 16 May 2008 03:16 PM PST

The Online Publishers Association’s Forum For The Future in London on Thursday handed the task of engaging delegates after lunch to Geoff Ramsey, founder of digital research analyzer eMarketer. He…

@ OPA: Faltering Economy Doesn’t Scare Some Web Advertisers, Publishers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 15 May 2008 02:57 AM PST

Advertisers and publishers on this morning’s State Of Advertising panel, at the Online Publishers Association’s Forum For The Future in London, appear convinced of two things - the economy’s going…

@ OPA: The Media Investment Landscape: Convergence Of Tech and Media - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 Mar 2007 04:00 AM PST

The next year will see the return of the tech IPO - or a period of negativity in the web startup business, according to one of the investors behind Pluck…

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@ OPA: New USAToday.com Pulling 5,000 Daily New Members, Some Grumble - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 Mar 2007 01:55 AM PST

USAToday.com readers are creating as many as 5,000 profiles every day since the site relaunched last week with a strong social networking, user connections focus. “The people are reacting, everyone…

@ OPA: Glocer’s Report Card: Reuters Has Learned From SL, Blogs - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 Mar 2007 01:14 AM PST

Reuters CEO Tom Glocer “couldn’t be here today” but, as though accepting an Oscar, he did send a video message re-capping the news-and-information company’s 12 months since Glocer’s 2006 OPA…

@OPA: Day 1: BBC, CBS, Guardian, Skyblog and iPhone, iPhone, iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 08 Mar 2007 11:32 PM PST

Our UK contributor Robert Andrews is at the Online Publishers’ Association Forum for the Future in London at London’s Landmark hotel for Forum for the Future conference. Coverage from Day…

OPA London: Line Of The Day - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 08 Mar 2007 10:42 AM PST

Our UK contributor Robert Andrews caught this at OPA Forum for the Future in London today ... Asked about Motorola’s response to Apple’s upcoming iPhone, Motorola European marketing director Simon…

@ OPA: France’s Skyblog Aims For Larger Slice Of Social Net Space - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Mar 2007 09:51 AM PST

One of Europe’s most active social networking-type websites is a little-talked-about French blog platform. Skyblog, which is allied to the Skyrock youth radio station, numbers about 7.5 million bloggers (way…

@ OPA: Guardian to Launch US Commentisfree, Readies for 24/7 Web 2.0 - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Mar 2007 07:03 AM PST

Britain’s Guardian intends to launch an American version of its Commentisfree op-ed portal in an effort bring liberal opinion to the US, editor Alan Rusbridger told the OPA Forum for…

@ OPA: Owning The Audience, Overwhelming The Microcosm - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Mar 2007 06:16 AM PST

Marketspace chairman Jeff Rayport reeled off a series of Bush gags, Ze Frank videos and even the Numa Numa song in an effort to wake up OPA forum delegates. But…

@ OPA: Interview: BBC’s Ageh on YouTube, iPlayer, Acknowledging Market Disruption - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Mar 2007 02:37 AM PST

The BBC has attracted a quarter-million views from YouTube since launching its partnership with the video sharing site six days ago. Following a panel, the corporation’s internet controller Tony Ageh…

@ OPA: Content Creators Gather In London - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Mar 2007 12:38 AM PST

I’m hogging the front-row aisle at London’s Landmark hotel for the Online Publishers’ Association Forum for the Future conference. While the delegates digest their croissants in the lobby, OPA staff…

@ OPA London: The Future Of Content Creators - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 03 Mar 2006 08:04 AM PST

Um..that was the panel I was on today at the OPA Global Forum in London today. It went ok, I thought....there was so much more to explore there and I…

@ OPA London: Ken Lowe, CEO, E W Scripps - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 03 Mar 2006 12:04 AM PST

Ken Lowe, CEO of Scripps, is speaking at the OPA Global Forum in London. He says three different trends are irreversible: fragmentation, interactivity and accountability...he also content that we have…

@ OPA London: Guardian’s CommentIsFree Project - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 03 Mar 2006 12:04 AM PST

I gave Emily and Simon a hard time about the name, but I know they have some history with this...this is the ambitious blog/comment site project by the Guardian, aimed…

@ OPA London: The Jet Lagged Americans - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Mar 2006 03:05 PM PST

We were all walking zombies today at the OPA Global Forum in London, especially the ones living on the West Coast. Since most of us came in on Monday night,…

@ OPA London: The Buzz From Day One - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Mar 2006 12:04 PM PST

It feels buzzy again, even in Europe. The day one of the OPA Global Forum in London was packed, both with the audience and the programme. Some irrelevant observations: --…

@OPA London: Steve Hayden, Ogilvy Worldwide - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Mar 2006 02:05 AM PST

Steve Hayden, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Worldwide, is speaking at the OPA Global Forum, about the advertising business. “We are no longer driving, we can only go along for the ride”.…

@ OPA London: Panel: “Protectionism” As The Media Model - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Mar 2006 01:04 AM PST

The first panel of the day is titled “The Media Model”, and panelists include Michael Hanfeld, Media Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Zach Leonard, Digital Media Publisher, Times Newspapers Ltd./Timesonline. Former…

@ OPA London: Tom Glocer, CEO, Reuters: Protectionism Or Surrender Don’t Work - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Mar 2006 12:05 AM PST

At the OPA Global Forum, Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, is giving the opening keynote. He is giving a paean to MySpace, specifically how smart News Corp’s acquisition of MySpace…

@ OPA Global Forum in London - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 01 Mar 2006 04:04 PM PST

I have to start with this: the venue, The Landmark hotel, is absolutely beautiful...there is no other way to put it. The hotel rooms are as big as my apartment…

In London For OPA Global Forum - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 28 Feb 2006 07:04 AM PST

Arrived in a sunny-breezy-cold London earlier today...starting at the sold-out OPA Global Forum tommorow and looking forward to meeting all of you. Meanwhile, enjoy the pic below, taken while the…