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John Battelle About the Future of Webconomics – OMMA 2009
“We’re about to get another breakthrough, another interface leap. If I knew what it was, I would start a company there. But I don’t know what it is yet, but I have some ideas, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today.” – John Battelle
Charging for News Content on the Mobile Platform: Not So Fast…
Another quick hit, because I'm swamped with assignments right now. Many newspaper/media analysts have eagerly seized upon the micro-commerce capabilities of mobile phones and devices like the Kindle as possible ways to get readers to pony up for their content. Steve...
New Online Ad Models/Placements That Will Make Money – Calacanis keynote (part 4)
This is the final slice of the Calacanis keynote, where he concludes by showing off some of his ideas for online content sites to start effectively monetizing their audience's attention. For example, he shows off a movie trailer that could run before users are allowed...
Twitter Ads – More Valuable than 30 Second Superbowl Spots – Calacanis OMMA Keynote (part 3)
"The obligatory Twitter section of every keynote address in 2009." Calacanis describes how web companies could really leverage their audience attention by using innovative new ad models. He "works the numbers" to show how a (proposed) $250,000 investment to be...
Extended Forecast: A 20% Chance of Riots in the Streets – Calacanis keynote at OMMA 2009
Calacanis referred to this as "The Bridge." He starts off with a little more digital triumphalism, and then talks about the real numbers behind the economic downturn, and the 20% chance of civil unrest, riots in the streets, cats&dogs living together, the...
“Newspapers deserve to die” – Jason Calacanis keynote at OMMA 2009
This is the first part of the rather incendiary keynote speech by Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.com, at the OMMA Hollywood 2009 conference. The keynote’s title is “Advertising, Riots, Twitter, Facebook and the Depression,” and in it, Calacanis cheers the death of newspapers and “Old Media,” and lauds paid search as the “most powerful advertising medium ever created.”