If the print-media universe continues to contract, who is going to finance the creation of the defining photography of our time? Today, many of the photographers who matter most are financed by glossies.
It's time to address the disinformation floating around about my new startup, which will revolutionize social engagement by refocusing on sociability.
Does the world really need another social-media platform? Simon Dumenco says yes, a different kind of platform.
Last week I asked you to spot the subject line that did not come from the Obama campaign's voluminous emails. Today we have a winner.
To commemorate the winning team's deeply annoying and devilishly effective email marketing strategy, I present to you a short list of some of my favorite Obama-Biden campaign email subject lines -- with a twist.
One thing I was reminded of before, during and after Frankenstorm: In times of crisis, you really find out who you can count on.
When I saw the recent headlines about Rupert Murdoch wanting to buy the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, I thought "Really, Rupert!?! Your empire is coming apart at the seams because of newspapers, so you want to buy more newspapers?"
It's easy to overlook "traditional media" success stories in favor of "new media" hype, but those stories are out there.
I have a confession: Although I'm not, last I checked, an 11-year-old girl, I'm sort of a Belieber -- a Justin Bieber fan. Wait! Don't run away screaming! I've got a good excuse, I swear.
TV-network establishment's recent frustrations have made for an increasingly erratic and confusing customer experience -- the opposite of what Hulu is supposed to offer.
Ad Age's Media Guy presents this exclusive interrogation of a verified Facebook faker (whom he made up himself).
Because Oprah was so obviously brilliant at her main job -- being a talk-show host -- for a quarter century, it's easy to forget her effect on marketing and media culture overall.
Throw out your guidebooks, un-bookmark Wikitravel, cancel your subscriptions to Condé Nast Traveler and Afar, because social search is here to save the day. People who search people are the luckiest people in the world ... or something like that.
The lesson I relearn every Sunday is that the discipline of print -- the discipline it takes to assemble a compelling, finite package, and the discipline it takes to devote a chunk of your attention to it -- still matters.
No need to wait for "Saturday Night Live" to start its new season. Here's Funny or Die's ad parody, starring Creed from "The Office."
"Rape is an evil act," Rep. Todd Akin earnestly intones three seconds into his surreal new campaign ad.
It's time once again for the Media Guy Media Studies Pop Quiz -- Almost End of Summer Edition. All books and papers off your desk. Now, people!
Evan Williams and Biz Stone say Medium is about "rethinking publishing." Exactly how it will do that isn't quite clear.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte sure knows how to make news -- both in and out of the pool.
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