What These Media Business Insiders Said

In 6 years at @mashable, I have covered some stuff. Here’s some of the evidence. #artifacts pic.twitter.com/jbadCOzxgE — Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) December 6, 2017 Unlike Lance Ulanoff, Mashable’s intrepid, yet soon-to-be missed chief correspondent, editor-at-large, and industry conference impresario, I tend to be more solicitous (and less ubiquitous) when it comes to the tech and media…… Continue reading What These Media Business Insiders Said

Will Television Follow Newspapers’ Fate?

One of the bigger questions that emerged from last week’s Business Insider Ignition conference revolved around whether traditional television will endure the same pain as the newspaper industry has. In his opening remarks, BI founder/publisher Henry Blodget audaciously stated as much: “Netflix 70M subs, Hulu 10M, Amazon 45M, Apple TV 35M. TV will soon feel…… Continue reading Will Television Follow Newspapers’ Fate?

Millennials, Gen X To Rule Our Digital Future

What better way to lead into a post on my adventures at this year’s Business Insider Ignition: Future of Digital conference than with a Bloomberg News story suggesting that BI’s new Berlin-based owners, Axel Springer, is considering putting the digitally native news site behind a paywall. It’s part of a larger push by the German…… Continue reading Millennials, Gen X To Rule Our Digital Future