3 posts and columns on traditional media

Will a Web Video Star Shine at Sundance?

in Media on December 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm PT

The next wave of media stars is supposed to rise up from the Web, but so far, examples have been few and far between (how’s that Fred movie coming along, by the way?). But here’s another Internet success trying to make the leap into the big time, which is still, like it or not, defined by traditional media outlets: Next New Network host Bobby Miller, who is going to try to dazzle the judges at the Sundance Film Festival.
Bobby Miller

Ad Market: Nightmare Dead Ahead

in News on November 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm PT

Between now and 2010, UBS analyst Matthieu Coppett sees a perfect storm brewing for the ad spending market–a 4.8 percent drop in TV advertising, a six percent drop for radio, 5.3 percent for magazines, 1.4 percent for outdoor, and 8.8 percent for newspapers. In fact, the the only area of growth he sees is the Internet, and that’s still down three percent from his old target of 13.4 percent.