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30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

are on the increase. These substitutes compete directly with traditional media for advertisers' marketing dollars. Similarly, mergers between media providers and content... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Mar 2016
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The People’s Pods

on the promise of podcast advertising JA: Another way of thinking about it is distribution. Distribution used to be so, so important to get content out there. And increasingly, that’s not so, because the Internet is “disintermediating”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Leadership Connect | Baker Library

Leadership Connect Background and contact information on leaders in business, government, nonprofits, and news media in the United States. Read More Connect with alumni, find internships and clerkships, and connect with executives. Create... View Details

07 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 7

indicated which topics were being searched and created content accordingly. Demand treated its 5,000 online articles published per day as an investment, not a cost, a reversal of the traditional media model.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

IFC: LA/Hollywood

eMarketer
Market data, statistics, and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media, and emerging technologies. Includes international market information for media usage, music, television and... View Details

Generoso P. Pope, Jr.

Pope transformed a small New York-based newspaper called the Enquirer into the second largest publication in the United States. In 1972, Pope radically altered the publication's format and content to highlight sensational and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Walter H. Annenberg

Annenberg built a fledgling, debt-burdened newspaper business into a publishing empire. He introduced Seventeen in 1944 – sparking a new trend in targeted publications to America’s youth. In 1953, he overcame numerous logistical challenges to launch TV Guide, combining... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 25 Apr 2017
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A Recipe for Digital Disruption

In recent years, a new wave of digital disruption has been taking over the Internet. In this talk, Associate Professor Teixeira will show how a variety of firms, both incumbents and startups, are using digital technologies to break the bonds between activities that... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story

compared with other online content sites. In an effort to defend their print businesses, newspapers have failed to realize that a new business is growing all around them,” says Gilbert. For example, he adds, “the Internet is the only... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies

Media Partners, and China’s state-sponsored Shanghai Media Group. Hollywood’s commitment to VR storytelling will eventually usher the technology into the mainstream, Fan says. “It was never a question that... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

providers should support equal access to all content and applications (such as data-heavy files of online video) regardless of the source or how much bandwidth it requires. Instead, industry executives contend, consumers should pay... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

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About Us | Working Knowledge

industries long before they make their way into mainstream practice. In addition to our website, Working Knowledge publishes on social media and through a variety of content-sharing partnerships. Who we are Danielle Kost Dimitri Siavelis... View Details

02 Jun 2021
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The NBA's African Expansion

The National Basketball Association recently announced the creation of NBA Africa, a new entity that will operate the Basketball Africa League (BAL), build corporate partnerships, expand content and media... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2017
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3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)

Facebook are all in the entertainment space. Alibaba Pictures doesn’t replicate a traditional Hollywood studio. We want to use the data and resources Alibaba has gathered in our e-commerce and internet ecosystem to create, market, and distribute View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Sep 2016
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A Streamlined Time Inc.

vice president of Time Inc. and president of brands, laid out his vision for a more efficient and innovative future for the 94-year-old media company: “There’s clearly some disruption going on in the marketplace and we’re making some... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Stealth Mogul

Sometimes it pays to be nearly invisible. Just ask Jonathan Nelson (MBA 1983). He heads one of the most successful media and telecommunications investment firms you’ve probably never heard of — Providence Equity Partners. “My own mother... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

16 Oct 2018
Blog Post

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

media space; it’s competitive and interesting – especially when you really believe in the content they make.” Mizuho spent her internship summer deep in reflection, “struggling to move out of finance and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

12 Sep 2018
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Game-Changing Analytics

at multiple contact points, including ticket sales, retail transactions, digital communications, and social media,” notes Gelman, a former Crimson basketball star who also played professionally in Europe. She cites the Patriots’ launch a few years ago, of merchandising... View Details

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

into an $8 billion behemoth 10 years later, and most recently leading a massive turnaround at Hewlett-Packard—Whitman has left her beloved Bay Area for a stand-up desk in Hollywood’s media district. There she finds her phone and hotfoots... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

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