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Save The Date: Our Trifecta of Conferences: FOBM, EconWomen, EconSports on October 28-29, NYC - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 21 Aug 2008 08:50 PM PST

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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FOBM Video: Q&A: Devin Wenig, COO, Reuters: Next Gen Terminal And Data Concordance - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 20 Nov 2007 06:32 PM PST

Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) COO Devin Wenig, the proposed CEO of the Reuters media businesses following the pending Thomson-Reuters merger, shared some interesting thoughts on the current merger process and the…

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FOBM Video: After The Deal: Gordon Crovitz on the NWS-DJ Transition - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 15 Nov 2007 11:16 PM PST

Given Rupert Murdoch’s comments this week about expecting WSJ.com to go free, we thought we’d share the video of a Q&A by executive editor Staci D. Kramer with Gordon Crovitz…

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Video Interview: Ann Moore, CEO,Time Inc.: Bankers ‘Lust’ For Spinoff But Don’t See It Happening - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 Nov 2007 05:49 PM PST

Ann Moore, chairman and CEO of Time Inc., couldn’t be at our ”Future of Business Media” conference in NYC two weeks ago, because it coincided with the Fortune Global Forum,…

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Post-FOBM: That Little Voice In Your Head… - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 Nov 2007 04:45 PM PST

It is almost 1 AM here in Monaco, and I should probably get some sleep, but finally getting around to reflecting a bit more on our Future of Business Media…

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WSJ.com’s Subscribers Reach 1 Million Mark; How Much Longer? - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:37 AM PST

The Wall Street Journal, part of Dow Jones, (NYSE: NWS) announced today on Sunday that WSJ.com has reached the 1 million paid subscribers mark. WSJ.com subscriptions grew 30 percent during…

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@ FOBM: The Disruptors: ‘The Consumer is the Ultimate Disruptor’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 30 Oct 2007 01:31 PM PST

On the final panel at the Future of Business Media Conference, ContentNext editor and publisher Rafat Ali and paidContent.org executive editor Staci Kramer discussed the meaning of “disruption”, particularly as…

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@ FOBM: The Business of TV and Video News; Still Trying To Find Online Video’s ‘Sweet Spot’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 01:04 PM PST

The rush to feature all kinds of video has gripped all manner of content sites. But for business-oriented news sites, the issues involved require a more narrow focus. Listening to…

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@ FOBM: Q&A: CNBC President Mark Hoffman; ‘We’re Not Interested In Everybody’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 12:31 PM PST

With the launch of Fox Business Network earlier this month, CNBC is being watched more closely to see how they will meet the challenge. Staci Kramer, executive editor of ContentNext…

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@ FOBM: Technology Business Media: Finding A Place In The Food Chain - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 30 Oct 2007 12:12 PM PST

Thanks to a superb rally of analogies, the Future Of Business Media conference momentarily sounded like a seminar on the groceries industry. But it was an important and amusing metaphorical…

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@ FOBM: Detail On Industry Standard’s Return Confirmed; Blog/Community Coming December - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 30 Oct 2007 11:48 AM PST

The Industry Standard will be resurrected as a blog-cum-community site in December, IDG president Bob Carrigan revealed at our Future Of Business Media conference.Carrigan said an IDG group at InfoWorld…

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@ FOBM: Deals: What’s Next?; Credit Crunch Affecting the Big Deals, Still Plenty of Small Strategics - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 30 Oct 2007 10:40 AM PST

With the credit crunch causing uncertainty across all industries, ContentNext editor and publisher Rafat Ali spoke with a group of media dealmakers at the Future of Business Media Conference. While…

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@ FOBM: Q&A: Devin Wenig, COO, Reuters - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 30 Oct 2007 09:39 AM PST

Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) COO Devin Wenig, the proposed CEO of the Reuters businesses following the pending Thomson-Reuters merger, shared some interesting thoughts on the current merger process and the next…

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@ FOBM: Lunchtime Q&A with Neil Cavuto; ‘Content Still is King’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 30 Oct 2007 09:36 AM PST

Over lunch at the Future of Business Media Conference, Neil Cavuto sat down with paidContent.org executive editor Staci Kramer and Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of ContentNext. Cavuto, of course,…

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@ FOBM: Advertising: Where Should the Money Go?; Search Is Altering The Spending Balance - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 07:46 AM PST

Speakers on the Future Of Business Media conference’s advertising panel tended to agree that the pie for online advertising is continuing to rise, but certain slices are being sliced more…

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@ FOBM: The Latest from Dow Jones: Gordon Crovitz on the Transition - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 30 Oct 2007 07:15 AM PST

With the buyout of Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) nearing completion, Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz chatted with paidContent.org executive editor Staci Kramer, at the Future of Business Media conference.…

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@ FOBM: Consumer Business Magazines: What does it take? - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 06:07 AM PST

Picking up from where the Forbes panel discussion at Future Of Business Media left off, Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of ContentNext Media Network, asked Keith Fox, president of BusinessWeek,…

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@ FOBM: Amid Consolidation, Forbes.com Looks To Further Define Itself Against Its Print Version - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 05:01 AM PST

One year after Forbes sold a significant minority stake to Elevation Partners, Rafat Ali, ContentNext’s publisher and editor, opened the Future of Business Media Conference at the Walforf=Astoria in NYC…

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Future of Business Media: It is D-Day - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 29 Oct 2007 08:23 PM PST

The activities for our ”Future of Business Media” conference started this evening in NYC. We had a fabulous reception of the attendees at the swanky IAC (NSDQ: IACI) building, followed…

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That Thing About the Future of Business Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 25 Oct 2007 10:39 PM PST

So about 500 of us will gather in that gilded ballroom in Waldorf-Astoria, in about two business days from now, to discuss the ”Future of Business Media”, in all its…

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FOBM Final Program: The Book, In Full Color - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 25 Oct 2007 09:01 PM PST

So 2 business days left to go before ”Future of Business Media” conference activities start, and we have the final program book for your perusal...the digital/PDF copy, that is. You…

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FOBM Pre-Interview: David Levin, CEO, United Business Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 24 Oct 2007 10:55 PM PST

David Levin, CEO of United Business Media, is a featured speaker at our ”Future of Business Media” conference in NYC next week. The London-headquartered company is the owner of CMP,…

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FOBM Pre-Interview: Neil Ashe, CEO, CNET Networks - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 22 Oct 2007 11:11 AM PST

Neil Ashe, CEO of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, is a featured speaker at our ”Future of Business Media” conference in NYC next week. I spoke to him last week on…

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FOBM Conference: New Q&A: Neil Cavuto, SVP/Anchor/ME, Fox News Channel And Fox Business Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 14 Oct 2007 10:46 PM PST

In the timing-is-everything department ... as the Fox Business Network launches Monday, we’re very pleased to announce that Neil Cavuto will be joining us for a lunch Q&A at our…

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FOBM Conference: Opening Q&A: Transforming The Business Media Brand: Forbes - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 Oct 2007 10:41 PM PST

The opening session at our ”Future of Business Media” conference on Oct 30th in New York City will be a Q&A with Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller and Roger MacNamee, Founding…

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