An Authentic Few Minutes With Web Video Pioneer David Prager

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 3:57 p.m.
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The Revision3 cofounder talks about how to get started in Web video, Hulu, and the future of Internet TV ... When Comcast swallowed up the geek-run TechTV and merged it with G4 in the early aughts, a small group of the channel's former hosts broke from the corporate decision to start their own network. "We decided to continue to make the hardcore, niche techy-stuff," says David Prager, a veteran of TechTV. "And we were kind of in the right place at the right time--basically at the birth of

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The Talent Drains From Spotify: Maybe They Know Something We Don't

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 4:46 p.m.
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Last week, Spotify lost its chief designer, Ragnar Anderson, to Facebook, prompting Austin Carr to wonder whether Facebook was starting up its own music service. This week Paul Brown, the Senior Vice President of SVP of Strategic Partnerships, is off to pastures new, leaving the music streaming service after a year and a bit. Talent drains are nothing new, but Brown's departure to a non-music-related startup, after just 16 months in such a senior position, must have Daniel Ek and Martin

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Netflix and GameFly Beware: Blockbuster Adds Games to By-Mail Service

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Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 12:50 a.m.
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In the world of subscription-based services, Netflix and GameFly (the Netflix of video games) reign king. But for how much longer? ... Announced today, Blockbuster is adding games to its by-mail subscription service for no additional cost. Customers now have access to more than 3,000 titles on the Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2/PS3, and Nintendo Wii, in addition to the store's movie and television offerings. Games will be treated like any other movie or TV show DVD placed in your queue--there is no limit

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I Want My MTV, er, Vevo

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 1:40 p.m.
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Once the most popular vehicle for music promotion, MTV has just lost its access to the world's largest record label. Universal Music Group announced Friday that MTV.com will no longer be carrying its artists' music videos, a big blow for the music channel given that UMG represents 25% of the global market. Instead, the label will broadcast its videos via the online music-video site Vevo, the Hulu-for-music-videos platform that has been growing in popularity with help from partner YouTube. With

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“Daddy, What’s a Brand?” and 9 More Awkward Questions for Uncertain Times

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Published May 10, 2010 at 4:29 p.m.
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Naked, without its logo ... 1. "Daddy, what's a brand?" Chiquita, Victoria's Secret, The GOP, Amnesty International. They all use marketing and invite trust in a distinct belief system. They're all, to one degree or another, brands. For a brand, nirvana is when your good name is so widely endorsed that it enters the language. "Pass the Kleenex." "Google it." But that's the top of a long and slippery slope--look at Toyota and Tiger Woods. A healthy brand drives up your stock, and vice versa.

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RIM Dances Into a New Market with BlackBerry 6.0

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Published April 27, 2010 at 2:11 p.m.
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RIM's released video footage of its upcoming BlackBerry 6.0 software--its answer to Android and iPhones. The interface itself is a little unsurprising, but the message behind the vid is clear: RIM is cool, and not just for business stiffs ... We already described how the BlackBerry hardware is suffering a bit of an image problem--the recent minor upgrades almost amount to incremental product spam. Hence the company's future smartphone fortunes, assuming it wants to remain at least proximal to

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Remembering C.K. Prahalad

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Published April 27, 2010 at 9:09 a.m.
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Of the thousands of people we meet in life, only a few become part of our lives in meaningful ways. I'm sure we all remember a favorite teacher or coach, a college professor, first love, or grandparent whose advice we cherish. For me, C.K. Prahalad, who died April 16, was such a person ... 

Like many people, I had been moved by his books, Competing for the Future, and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, as well as his philosophy: that global poverty could be eradicated, and fortunes

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Infographic of the Day: Where Did Aol Go Wrong?

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Published April 27, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.
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Is Aol sliding into irrelevance? ... The past several years have not been good to Aol. First, the disastrous merger with TimeWarner, and most recently, the acquisition of social-networking site Bebo for $850 million in cash which will conclude with Bebo being shuttered or sold next month ... This infographic lays out the main points--and the rapidly disappearing subscriber business ... Obviously, things aren't great at Aol. But they're not quite as bad as the chart makes it look, and the company

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Today in Most Innovative Companies

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Published March 15, 2010 at 7:48 p.m.
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Daily news of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Frito-Lay, and Google ... Nokia: Apple and Nokia have been at loggerheads ever since they sued and countersued one another over patent-infringement. Now, Nokia is upping the ante, requesting Apple's antitrust claims against the Finnish mobile device maker be thrown out, and accusing the Cupertino-based firm of some unfair legal diversions. According to a Nokia court document: "These non-patent counterclaims

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Steve Nash Scores Again: A Post-Game Interview for the Ages

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Published April 27, 2010 at 6:35 p.m.
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We all know how post-game interviews with athletes are supposed to go. As the veteran catcher Crash Davis instructs rookie fire-baller Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham, "Learn your clichés. They're your friends. Write this down: 'We got to play 'em one day at a time.' " ... "That's pretty boring," Nuke says ... "Of course, it's boring. That's the point." ... Then there's Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns' All-Star point guard. After last night's 107-88 rout of Portland in game five of their play-off

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