Monthly Archives: March 2008

Nothing Else is Working! Time for a Tax

By Mark Evans | Published: March 28, 2008
So, let’s look at what the music industry has done over the past decade to battle the emergence of P2P and declining CD sales: 1. Essentially killed Napster rather than leveraging it 2. Launched a nasty legal war against consumers 3. Embraced technology such as DRM that consumers totally dislike 4. Gotten into bed with Apple, only to get [...]
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What Does eBay Do with Craigslist Stake?

By Mark Evans | Published: March 27, 2008
Update: Silicon Valley Insider estimates Craigslist is worth $5-billion, making eBay’s stake worth $1.25-billion – not too shabby for an investment estimated at about $50-million. With John Donahue taking over the eBay helm from Meg Whitman next week, I wonder if one of the key strategic issues on his plate is what to do with the [...]
Posted in M&A | 4 Comments

FriendFeed Keeps the Hits Comin’

By Mark Evans | Published: March 26, 2008
You’re probably going see an awful lot of coverage about FriendFeed’s release of its API that will let third-parties create applications that link into the hottest social network aggregator (aka Louis Gray’s favorite service). While the API is obviously interesting, what I find particularly fascinating is how well FriendFeed’s strategy has rolled out over the past [...]
Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment

Is There a TechCrunch Without Arrington?

By Mark Evans | Published: March 25, 2008
….or, for that matter, is there a Huffington Post without Arianna Huffington or a GigaOm with Om Malik? After reading a Fortune story yesterday about how Michael Arrington is the “wizard of Web 2.0″, one thing that struck me is how synonymous Arrington is with TechCrunch. He is TechCrunch. He’s the owner, the main writer, the [...]
Posted in Web 2.0 | 8 Comments

Come on Everybody, Let’s mesh

By Mark Evans | Published: March 25, 2008
After a lot of behind-scenes-planning, several animated discussions and some last-minute flurry of activity, mesh ‘08 is now live! We’re really excited about the speakers we’ve got lined up. Our keynotes include Matt Mason, whose new book The Pirate’s Dilemma looks at the implications of digital piracy; Club Penguin co-founder Lane Merrifield, a Canadian who helped [...]
Posted in Web 2.0 | 3 Comments

Time for the Blog Portal?

By Mark Evans | Published: March 25, 2008
If you’re a fan of any of the major high-tech blogs such as TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm and Mashable, you may be finding them increasingly difficult to read these days. It’s not because the content isn’t interesting or high quality. The problem is there’s just too much of it. With multiple writers pumping out lengthy posts throughout the [...]
Posted in Blogs | 7 Comments
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