David Card
David Card
David Edward Cardis a Canadian labour economist and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley...
advertising business cause content crappy dollars front guarantee kids lots mind model proven
It's not a proven business model yet. There will be some advertisers who won't mind sponsoring lots of crappy content cause they want to get in front the kids who go to these sites. But there are lots of advertisers who don't want anything do with it...One thing I can guarantee you is there's not enough advertising dollars to go around.
content creation good holding outsource proven though
They've proven that they're very good at holding on to an audience, even though they outsource content creation,
across audiences brand content future media multiple services
The future of media is that audiences -- and advertisers -- want their content services from the same brand across multiple platforms.
build catalyst companies consumer content digital file format mp3 music offer online others players products security standards
Having a file compression format and MP3 players aren't enough. The catalyst for online music distribution will be products that offer security for digital content and standards around which consumer electronics companies and others can build products.
content espn sports successful
Sports content is a very successful part of the Web, ... and ESPN is right up there.
adult content early leader market willing
They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment, ... The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
demands due heavy hold itself journal music royalty rumors service spreading
The Journal is spreading rumors that Microsoft's music subscription service -- itself a rumor -- is on hold due to heavy royalty demands from labels.
aol best full inside looking media ownership platform powerful promoting rather time turn work
AOL's best place is still inside of Time Warner. If Time Warner can make AOL work and keep it profitable, they've got a platform that can be powerful for promoting all their other media properties. I think Time Warner would rather not turn over full ownership of AOL. They're just looking for other opportunities.
capacity certain point price reaching sales surpass technology
Flash-device sales will surpass hard-drive sales. But the technology is not important. What's important is reaching a certain capacity at a certain price point at a certain size.
prevent technology
At some point, you want to prevent the other technology from being adopted.
effects immigrants industries labor taking type
Immigrants come in and the industries that use this type of labor grow. Taking all into account, the effects of immigration are much, much lower.
competition growing
It's not about competition yet, it's about growing the market.
audience believer company issue marketing media multimedia partners service
The issue for an Internet-only company to service their audience and their marketing partners is better if they have traditional media offerings, too. I'm a believer in multimedia media companies.
audience audiences evidence seen spike
I haven't seen evidence of a big audience spike yet.