Did we mention that Billy Bragg is speaking at EconMusic, our London conference examining the digital music business on September 23? Billy has previously taken on MySpace for its policy…

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Did we mention that Billy Bragg is speaking at EconMusic, our London conference examining the digital music business on September 23? Billy has previously taken on MySpace for its policy…

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You knew this was coming...we held back a batch of tickets for our CTIA Mocomixer on Sept 9th...we’re opening it this morning. Our mixer will take place at San Francisco’s…

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The “Disney (NYSE: DIS) difference” lies in the company’s ability to weave its deep and familiar library of content into virtual worlds that give kids the opportunity to participate in…

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The state of search ads, the rise of display ads, issues with ad agencies and why does anyone need yet another browser are some of the topics Tim Armstrong, Google’s…

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Did anyone else catch this CTIA ad last night during the Democratic National Convention? It sure plays the harmonious tone like a pharmaceutical commercial and oversimplifies the wireless industry with…

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From the we-kill-ourselves-so-you-don’t-have-to department, comes a trifecta of conferences we are planning in late October in New York City, with the intent of hitting on strategically important verticals in the…

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During our final, trademark advertising session at EconCeleb, panelists Henry Copeland, CEO, Blogads and director, sales and technology, PerezHilton.com; Brian Fitzgerald, co-founder & president, Gorilla Nation Media; Mari Katsunuma, VP…

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At our EconCeleb spotlight Q&A with Harvey Levin, managing editor, TMZ.com and host & executive producer, TMZ, he and interviewer Charlie Koones, former president and publisher of Variety, talked about…

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In the EconCeleb panel concerning how new players are getting into the gossip cyberspace, Mike Dodge, SVP/GM, AtomicOnline; Tyler Goldman, CEO, Buzznet; Mattias Miksche, co-founder & CEO, Stardoll; and R.J.…

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At our controversial panel of the day at EconCeleb, Frank Griffin, CEO & partner, Bauer-Griffin exploded into a tirade, calling himself and his fellow panelists “whores” who reap the benefits…

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During our first panel at EconCeleb last week, Virginia Heffernan, columnist, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Magazine talked about trends in online gossip and targeting the male demographic with…

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“Content is king, but distribution brings the bling,” Brian Shin, founder and CEO of Visible Measures, said hesitantly on a panel this morning at the LATV Festival here in Hollywood.…

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Last week we had our first EconCeleb conference at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Kicking off the afternoon with the keynote Q&A, Bonnie Fuller boldly expressed her belief that celebrity content…

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There’s a fair bit of news to come out of the Develop 08 conference on mobile games, and the talks and panels are discussed below. Some interesting notes to come…

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The MobileBeat 2008 conference ended on a high note yesterday – specifically addressing how companies can make money on mobile. As expected, much of the discussion revolved around mobile advertising…

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On Wednesday, our EconCeleb conference went well, despite the technical/audio troubles. Everyone seemed surprised no one had thought of doing a conference on this hugely popular category of media...well, we…

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Good luck getting anyone on this panel to say mobile is heading toward a bust, but you have to give the organizers props for at least raising the question. The…

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In front of a standing-room only crowd, Om Malik, founder of GigaOmni Media, kicked off an afternoon panel pitting mobile versus web and did his best to dig up the…

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Here at the MobileBeat 2008 conference in Sunnyvale, Calif., Matt Marshall, editor-in-chief of VentureBeat, dove right into the first panel of the day and fired off a series of questions…

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This afternoon we had our first EconCeleb conference at the Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood where we heard from leaders in the celebrity content industry such as Harvey Levin, managing editor…

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This afternoon we had our first EconCeleb conference at the Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood where we heard from industry heads such as Harvey Levin, managing editor of TMZ.com and Bonnie…

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Bringing our conference to a close, Andrew Wallenstein, deputy editor, The Hollywood Reporter, talked up advertising on celebrity content, or, as Wallenstein called it, the “straw that stirs the drink,”…

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Users seeking celebrity news and content want something more, something deeper that they can socialize around, Tyler Goldman, CEO of Buzznet, said on a panel on blogs and social media…

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As managing editor of TMZ.com, Harvey Levin can be a celeb’s best friend or worst nightmare—not that he’s trying to be either. That’s coming through loud and clear in our…

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