Friday, April 07, 2006
Dr. Doom, There's no Stringing Barnes & Noble Along, and Other Stuff
I'm kidded about the Dr. Doom monicker I've been stuck with, and the jokes among my co-consultants and writes get pretty funny. This Career Builder ad fits into the same theme. It's been suggested that I turn my printing shipments charts upside down so I could say shipments are up.
http://www.advertisementave.com/tv/ad.asp?u_player=mediaplayer&adid=662
Barnes & Noble told Sony where to put its e-book reader
http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/05/sony-ebook-borders-cx_po_0405autofacescan01_print.html
Time Inc. is combining its print and online sales forces for its business titles
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=27637
Adobe doesn't make many mistakes (and when they do, they seem to fix them), and watching them is always worthwhile. Here's a story about a deal with Verizon to use the recently-acquired Macromedia Flash
http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/04/adobe-verizon-flash-cx_dl_0405adobe_print.html
Web development (not the press kind) getting a new surge? This article says it is.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597036
Looks like Google and Earthlink's proposal for free (Google) and fee (Earthlink) wi-fi in San Francisco is almost a done deal.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125329,tk,dn040606X,00.asp
E-Dialog, the company I mentioned the other day in reference to bounced e-mails generating a direct mail piece, made an acquisition to expand their services.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060406005412&newsLang=en
Interesting article about online publishing in the UK, especially about online paid vs. free issues
The article: http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597296
The original release: http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/research/article.html?uid=920
Article about publishers reaction to AOL's new mobile initiatives
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597326
I love these articles... they always assume that all people do all day is look at media, and imply that all current media use will remain static.
http://www.advertisementave.com/tv/ad.asp?u_player=mediaplayer&adid=662
Barnes & Noble told Sony where to put its e-book reader
http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/05/sony-ebook-borders-cx_po_0405autofacescan01_print.html
Time Inc. is combining its print and online sales forces for its business titles
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=27637
Adobe doesn't make many mistakes (and when they do, they seem to fix them), and watching them is always worthwhile. Here's a story about a deal with Verizon to use the recently-acquired Macromedia Flash
http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/04/adobe-verizon-flash-cx_dl_0405adobe_print.html
Web development (not the press kind) getting a new surge? This article says it is.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597036
Looks like Google and Earthlink's proposal for free (Google) and fee (Earthlink) wi-fi in San Francisco is almost a done deal.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125329,tk,dn040606X,00.asp
E-Dialog, the company I mentioned the other day in reference to bounced e-mails generating a direct mail piece, made an acquisition to expand their services.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060406005412&newsLang=en
Interesting article about online publishing in the UK, especially about online paid vs. free issues
The article: http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597296
The original release: http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/research/article.html?uid=920
Article about publishers reaction to AOL's new mobile initiatives
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3597326
I love these articles... they always assume that all people do all day is look at media, and imply that all current media use will remain static.
