We create the stories of the connected society

Is Craigslist insignificant? I’ve weighed in to a small debate: Publishers underestimated Craigslist once with devastating results. Newspapers, which derive nearly 80 of their revenue from classified advertising, lost half or more of their lucrative classified business over the past five years, a loss that now threatens the economic stability of the industry. So while, [...]

In: Knowledge@Wharton Dec. 12, 2007 Link: Social Marketing: How Companies Are Generating Value from Customer Input – Knowledge@Wharton "What we ended up building was not just entertainment, but also an area where mothers can dialogue with each other," said Ted Moon, director of digital marketing at Sprint Nextel, at an October summit on new media [...]

Bloomberg asked for comments on the Dow Jones-Rupert Murdoch saga, and I explained that I had no special insight into the situation. Rupert Murdoch offered a lot of money for Dow Jones, and so far no one else has offered more or come up with a business case for doing so. See: Burkle, Greenspan eye [...]

iFOCOS President Andrew Nachison appeared on the PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. He discussed the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech shooting – and how the digital media witnesses and others used to tell the story reflects the rise of We Media. Real Audio | Download MP3 “The story is unfolding all around us. [...]

I’ve been reflecting on our experiences at We Media Miami and digesting a great deal of reporting and analysis about what happened. It’s ALL been helpful. The diversity of viewpoints again underscores the eclectic and complex nature of “We” – and the promise of invention and innovation driven by the We Media community.A number of [...]