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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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They cite Quara, Google, Twitter & Facebook as obvious examples. ” It’s hard to really find fault with the reporting. But they make the overwhelming majority of their money from advertising. They are selling audiences to advertisers. The customer are advertising agencies and brands themselves.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTĂș

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By “vertical production” I meant that many online video production companies will have a strong vertical focus that will help them win the battle to sign up talent, build stronger & more loyal audiences and align with stronger advertiser relationships because they serve more endemic audiences.

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China Roundup: Tencent’s new US gaming studio and WeChat’s new paywall

TechCrunch LA

It’s not hard to find examples of games that didn’t succeed even with [support from] WeChat and QQ.” Ever since WeChat rolled out its content publishing function — a Facebook Page equivalent named the Official Account — back in 2012, articles posted through the social networking platform have been free to read.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

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How YP.com Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

socalTECH

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

Monday, August 27th, 2012. Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

socalTECH

For example, the most popular people born in Texas, the most popular people who are Geminis, the most popular people for each profession--like the most popular comedian or most popular country singer. So, at the beginning of 2012, we picked a website that we owned, to make it awesome. Instead, we''re now sorting by popularity.

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