Monthly Archives: March 2007
Guest Post: The Outlook for Pod-vertising
Will pod-vertising be bigger than blog-vertising? For some reason, PQ Media seems to think so: they believe pod-vertising will hit $400-million by 2011 while blog-vertising will be worth only $300-million by 2010. I have a hard time buying into this … Continue reading
Change Carriers; Keep Your Number
Wireless local number portability (WLNP) finally arrived in Canada today – allowing the industry to finally catch up to what is common practice in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. In typical fashion, billionaire Richard Branson put his entrepreneurial stamp on … Continue reading
Let’s mesh, Let’s mix
Hey, it’s time for another mesh mixer: March 28 at the Charlotte Room in downtown Toronto.
Google-YouTube: Buyers’ Regret?
Do you think the M&A folks at Google are maybe having second thoughts about the decision to spend $1.6-billion to buy YouTube, its 21-million unique visitors a month and, unfortunately, its mountain of legal woes? Viacom is the latest content … Continue reading
My Dream Conference Schedule
Given we’re in the midst of a conference/event renaissance, there’s no lack of choices as long as you’ve got the time, money and energy. So, if you had all of those in spades, what conferences would you attend? To start, … Continue reading
The Nortel Mystery
With the SEC filing civil fraud charges yesterday against four ex-Nortel executives, the mystery behind the company’s accounting scandal is, hopefully, getting closer to being unraveled. What’s perhaps most interesting is why it happened. What allegedly prompted a dozen Nortel … Continue reading
