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Demand Media Gets New Competitor, Yahoo, After Associated Content Buy

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Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the user-generated content venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has new competition this afternoon, from Yahoo , after Yahoo announced it would acquire content publishing firm Associated Content. Tags: demand media associated content yahoo.

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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

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Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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Interview with Tim Cadogan, OpenX

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Among one of the fastest growing industries--despite what has been a stagnant economy--is Internet advertising, which has continued to grow strongly over the past two years. For today's interview, we spoke with Tim Cadogan , CEO of OpenX, to hear more about the firm's growth on the strength of Internet advertising, and what the firm is up to.

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Interview with Wes Nichols, MarketShare

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Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. The client demand we are seeing as we have married our analytics with Jovian's engineering is staggering. Advertisers are known for their creative focus, not focus on analytics.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. When their deep pockets went empty, Google stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.