Voices
Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures in Voices on January 20 at 3:50 pm PT
I love the “Mad Men” version of the ad business. The storytelling. The simplicity. The glasses of scotch at 10 am. But these days in digital, it feels like the Math Men media buyers (with their terabytes of data) are taking over for the Mad Men creatives.
Voices
Ben Patterson, Founder and President, DashGo, Inc. in Voices on November 23, 2011 at 11:34 am PT
When Google Music launched last week, much of the attention focused on the “Artist Hub” feature that allows unsigned bands to create a profile and sell music direct to fans.
Okay … And?
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 3, 2011 at 4:31 am PT
Just about every company wants to get into the daily deals space. Soon you may start getting offers from your bank, hotel chains or airlines.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
Pixazza is dead. Long live Luminate.
News Byte
Liz Gannes in Social on July 26, 2011 at 8:52 am PT
ShareThis, creator of buttons for publishers (including this site) to facilitate sharing their Web content on social networks, has hired Kurt Abrahamson, former AdSense executive at Google and CEO of SocialMedia.com, to be its new CEO as it
pushes forward its efforts to become an ad platform. Abrahamson replaces ShareThis founder Tim Schigel, who will stay on as chairman of the board.
Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 11:14 am PT
Margo Georgiadis, VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered.
Besides COO, BoomTown will officially bestow the title of “Chief Cat Wrangler” on her in recognition of the massive organizational job ahead of her at the notoriously chaotic start-up.
Kara Swisher in News on April 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm PT
Tonight, Demand Media–in reaction to a new study showing that its flagship eHow site had now gotten much more negatively impacted by Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm than previously–released a statement and blog post about the tempest.
The content maker’s unsurprising verdict on itself: We’re okay, thanks for asking!
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
BigDoor is announcing a new platform today that is building an ad network for the gamification space.
Kara Swisher in News on March 24, 2011 at 9:02 am PT
Pixazza, the Mountain View start-up that has nicknamed itself “AdSense for images,” has added someone who might know a thing or two about it.
Former Googler Elliot Schrage–who is now Facebook’s global communications, marketing and public policy head–is joining the start-up’s board as a strategic adviser and observer.
Kara Swisher in News on March 22, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT
Recently, BoomTown took a walk down digital Memory Lane with Bob Lisbonne, CEO of Pixazza, the photo-tagging service that has nicknamed itself “AdSense for images.”
That’s because Lisbonne used to be a big wheel at Netscape Communications.
We talked about the old days, of course, but more about the new days and his business focused on putting all kinds of advertising within online images.
