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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

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This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. Summary It’s hard to build a successful product company?—?even from Charter’s subscribers.

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Want to Know How to Better Partner With, Raise Money From or Be Acquired by a Big Media Company?

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In case you don’t know, they are one of the biggest media companies in the world. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. Here’s the summary and on YouTube the links to skip right to these moments is below the actual video.

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Interview: Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media

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Messenger : Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media. In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Mark’s responses. Rubicon was the media business.

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

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I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. If you want to get schooled by a guy who’s done it all I suggest watching this video interview I did with him that has already been watched 55,000 times or if you prefer a summary version in writing it’s here.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 You can’t change media consumption patterns easily.

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

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.” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. That is YouTube today. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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