63 posts and columns on Felix Salmon
Going Native
The ultimate native ads are the glossy fashion ads in Vogue: in most cases, they’re better than the editorial, and as a result, readers spend as much time with the ads — if not more — as they do with the edit.
— Felix Salmon, writing about the potential of native advertising on the Web
Nate Silver’s Victory Tour Stops at Jon Stewart’s Desk
Alas, he is sober here.Widely Cited Crowdfunding Market Estimates Are Probably Too Optimistic
The global market for crowdfunding in 2011 was likely not anything close to a widely cited estimate of $1.5 billion.Happy Sixth Birthday, Twitter
Twitter’s still in its honeymoon period, but that won’t last forever. At some point, it’s going to be less of a wunderkammer, and more of a regrettable necessity.
— Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon, in an article entitled “Why Twitter will get more annoying”
Gawker’s Nick Denton Loses a $100 Bet (Video)
Featuring boozy narration courtesy of Reuters columnist Felix Salmon.Exclusive: Skype Employees Were Briefed in Plain English — The Internal Equity Incentive Plan Deck
What did Skype employees know and when did they know it? A lot, if you’re reading this “Equity Incentive Plan” deck, which clearly outlines what happens to “good leaver” and bad leaver” execs.Video: BoomTown Talks AOL-HuffPo as Web's Condé Nast on CNN
Here is a video of a segment I did on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” yesterday morning–in the wee hours in San Francisco, hence the bags under my eyes–about last week’s $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post by AOL. “Someone has to be the Condé Nast of the Internet,” I noted in answer to a question from host Howard Kurtz, since it has not been that famous magazine company which has become the big publishing dog online.Voices