David Black

“Our annual snapshot of the emerging shape of business.”

“Below, predictions on what to expect from citizen journalism in 2008, and the industry precedents behind them. “

“Digital media is not about scarcity and never will be. That’s the old media game. Online it’s about ubiquity, about being part of the conversation, about links, authority, page rank, and if you are a news organization like the WSJ – its about…”

“Last year was supposed to be the Year of the Widget, according to Newsweek, but only in the last few weeks has the beginning of a real monetization story emerged.”

“Here’s an edge principle: open beats closed. The converse is: you only have to close when your DNA isn’t quite there yet; when the way you manage things still kind of sucks. “

“Internet advertising will attract only $70 million in ad spend related to the summer Olympics, out of a total $1.5 billion in expected expenditures for the Beijing event, according to Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth’s Internet Inside Weekly report”

“BurstMedia found that more than seven out of 10 adult US Internet users surveyed had viewed online video content.”

“All five the national newspaper websites that publish their ABCe audits ended 2007 with substantial year-on-year readership gains despite slumping in December, typically a low-traffic month.”

“For many months, I’ve wanted to play around with setting up a vertical search engine using Google Custom Search. Today, I finally got around to it.”

Media vertical search engine from Howard Owens using Google Custom Search.

“Advertisers are pushing more ad dollars online, but the number of sites to house them are growing even faster.”

“Higher CPMs and strong growth in global consumer spending will contribute to a 34 percent EPS rise among major internet names in 2008, according to JPMorgan analyst Imran Khan. “

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“Uttered by Dave Killeen, the word “geek” has no pejorative sense. Hachette Filipacchi’s digital director uses it as a compliment.”

“The New York Times announced today a text messaging service that will deliver the latest news, features and columns from the newspaper as well as features from The Times Magazine to cell phones and mobile devices.”