The newspaper industry has experienced the worst drop in advertising revenue in more than 50 years. According to new data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue in 2007 plunged 9.4% to $42 billion compared to 2006 — the most severe percent decline since the association started measuring advertising expenditures in [...]
Archive for March, 2008
March 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm by Ari Shohat
Continuing Blows to Old Media
| Business, Economy, Web | 1 Comment |
Lots to do before my trip to Elite Retreat in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Please pardon lack of nice posts, it’s also been rather slow with not much exceptional stuff happening around us this week.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am by Ari Shohat
A Piece of Colored Plastic for $49.95
| General Rants | 1 Comment |
Okay seriously, this is some kind of a chair for babies between 3-6 months old. After that it’s useless, and even then it’s a “luxury item” if you are too lazy to sit your kid on your lap.
But 50 bucks for a colored piece of plastic? I am definitely in the wrong business. As my [...]
March 27th, 2008 at 9:38 am by Ari Shohat
Funny And a Bit Sad at The Same Time
| General Rants | 2 Comments |
This made for a good chuckle today on my bus ride, so here’s a repost of “Dumb Brits” from Julia’s blog:
Winding down for the weekend already, I got this via email and I just love stuff like this. Here are some real examples of dumb Brits on various game / quiz shows.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another [...]
Thanks James for telling me about an obvious type in a post title a whole day later!
Seriously, that’s what comments are for. Yes I sometimes rush things so I make typos, I really did have good grades in school. Honestly…
March 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am by Ari Shohat
Some Notes on Streaming Bandwidth Pricing
| Business, Streaming, Technology, Web | 0 Comments |
I am directing this post to my streaming media colleagues.
As some of you may know, one of my other side businesses is SteadyHost.com - we do racked servers and sell a great mix of bandwidth at reasonable prices.
Let me tell you something you probably already know - there are retail prices that companies list on [...]
March 25th, 2008 at 9:12 am by Ari Shohat
New Ideas vs Immediate Approval
| Business, P2A, Technology | 0 Comments |
The following quote via PMARCA blog:
Finally, some entrepreneurs have emotional resistance to pursuing a strategy that does not meet with immediate approval from press, analysts, and other entrepreneurs.
This is worth watching carefully — if everyone agrees right up front that whatever you are doing makes total sense, it probably isn’t a new and radical [...]
March 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am by Ari Shohat
Okay, I Think I Finally GET Twitter
| General Rants | 3 Comments |
I am giving Twitter another go - here’s my Twitter page.
I finally figured out just “why” someone might want to use it. Hey I gotta keep up with the times and see where trends are going, how things are being used, etc.. If I don’t, who will
I am sure most of you don’t [...]
