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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Again he looked to the media industry history and pointed out that before Ted Turner founded CNN he had an entertainment channel.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #20: Measuring Digital "Brand Strength"

Occam's Razor

The graph shows the change over time, starting in Jan 2004. Traditional retailers often have a fixed multi-channel schedule based heavily on past traditional media plans with less flexibility in being able to incorporate real time odd trends on the web. This is a lot more interesting. After that, things ramp down.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Chris had been working on creating a better desktop search since early 2004, knowing that no existing solutions were any good. Follow us on Google+. Daily Dose. Design & Dev. Entrepreneur. Shareables. Social Media. Latin America. Middle East. Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now?