This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.  MORE >>

Copyright is not the only type of IP right implicated — and others such as rights of privacy and publicity become increasingly relevant in the age of social media — but it provides many of the most accessible examples. Is Instapaper like collecting press clippings?  If so, do you have to buy a copy of each paper first?)  Rose likes Gust. MORE >>

If and only if that potential market seems to come alive, it needs credible plans to move from ideas and messages into media and concrete marketing programs with some backbone and metrics to them. Nobody buys the hand waving at “online marketing” and “we’re going to be big in social media” anymore. MORE >>

This includes website content and software code as well as the more obvious examples in media and publishing. So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. MORE >>

Unsurprisingly the dominant industry for new startups in August is Internet/Web Services, but other top industries include Consumer Products and Services, Media and Entertainment, as well as Financial Services. Gust Startup Map & Trends Analysis – August 2012. Attention startup enthusiasts! Take a look below! Invested Interests MORE >>