Dan Kennedy wrote for The Guardian
a flattering profile of SeeClickFix, one of the 2009 winners of our PitchIt investment challenge. Congratulations CEO Ben Berkowitz and crew – and stay tuned for more PitchIt later this summer.
When he got the promotion to CEO in 2006, Nike’s Mark Parker asked Apple CEO Steve Jobs if he had any advice. “Get rid of the crappy stuff,” Parker says Jobs told him.
We’re a week away from Tabula Rasa, our iPad/app/tablet computing deep dive in New York – and it’s nearly full. To secure one of the few remaining seats, register now. If you want to show off an iPad app in one of our demo sessions, contact dale@wemedia.com. We have just two demo slots left. We’re […]
Apple has tapped the most powerful force on the planet – human passion. Even more remarkable, the iPad has unleashed an outpouring of that passion – a hunger for creativity and experimentation.
Hey, Mediabistro, thanks for asking: Hey, Andrew Nachison and Dale Peskin, How’d You Form a Media Think Tank?. Sorry, as far as I can tell, you’ll need to be a member of Mediabistro ($55/year) to view the full article. Andrew NachisonAndrew Nachison is founder of We Media. He lives in Reston, Virginia. www.nach.com
We’re busy mashing mint, and a few other ingredients for We Media Miami next week. Please try to say hello to Dale and me if you’re there, and if not, join us, contribute and say hi online.
Last week Apple banished a bunch of raunchy pictures from its iPhone App Store. As Apple rolls out the iPad later this month, and media companies support the frenzy with iPad apps and subscription services for it, that leave us all to wonder what other content, speech or ideas might be kicked out next.
The decline of US news companies has led to a call for expanded public media. But in the UK the BBC is blamed for stifling the news market – and it’s shrinking.
Here they are: the winners of the 2010 We Media Game Changer Awards. Meet them all at We Media Miami, March 9-11.
The next 20 people who register to attend We Media Miami will receive a copy of David’s book, Be The Media. It’s an encyclopedic collection of pointers, recommendations and insights on how anyone can produce and distribute media. Click here to register now.