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Are Startups The Future Of Media?

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While it may be easy to define "significant" as a company doing interesting things, it's more practical to look at the media landscape, and you'll note a handful of advertising networks and multi-national media corporations command the majority of audience. Sure, some of these startups were interesting. and dominates.

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News by Adam Sherk on January 28, 2010 Now that the first wave in the Apple iPad crazy-a-thon has past, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of what people are saying about the iPad from the perspective of the news media.

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Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy For A $5 Gift Card?

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Location analytics startup Placed convinced those people to download a mobile app that tracks them wherever they go, 24/7, in exchange for accumulating $5 and $10 gift cards over time, as well as being eligible for drawings of bigger ticket items, like an Apple iPad. Related Stories Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Acquires LiveRail, Twitter Acquires Tap Commerce

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Facebook acquires LiveRail for $400M to $500M to serve video ads everywhere, improve its own – Facebook purchased video ad tech startup LiveRail, which connects marketers to publishers on both web and mobile to serve video ads (TechCrunch). Buy Now” buttons start appearing in Tweets. Is Twitter shopping finally here?

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The Inferior Brand

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Not everyone works for Apple. Sure, there are challenger brands, startups and more that have the potential to find their niche, build a market and be the quintessential contender, but there is a very real reality that most people don''t like to face: your brand may, in fact, be inferior. creative advertising. The belief.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Tests ‘Save for Later’ Reading Feature, Twitter Beefs Up Security

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In bid for ad revenue, Foursquare opens up home screen to big brands – brands that don’t have a brick-and-mortar location can now advertise on Foursquare’s home screen; MasterCard is the first to do so (AdAge). Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below!

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Adapt Or Die

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You see, it's easy to be an armchair quarterback and say that the newspaper industry, the music industry, the book publishing industry, the retail industry, a traditional advertising agency. Your channels of innovation aren't nimble enough to beat a fresh startup. the lean startup. traditional advertising agency.

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