David Card
David Card
David Edward Cardis a Canadian labour economist and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley...
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Sports content is a very successful part of the Web, ... and ESPN is right up there.
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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.
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They've proven that they're very good at holding on to an audience, even though they outsource content creation,
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They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment. The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
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They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment, ... The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
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The future of media is that audiences -- and advertisers -- want their content services from the same brand across multiple platforms.
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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.
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Microsoft is looking to put more eyeballs in front of its search engine.
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If they put it on the front page with a link and a picture, people will get what is going on. They will just be surprised that Amazon is doing it.
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Two uber-trends are crashing into each other: Retail is trying to turn itself into entertainment at the same time that entertainment is trying to turn itself into retail. What's unique about the Internet as a medium is it's an opportunity to blend the retail experience, the entertainment experience, and the discovery of new stuff. It's hard to do that on TV.
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At some point, you want to prevent the other technology from being adopted.
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Nothing ever replaces anything. When TV came along, radio didn't go away. This has the potential to unlock local ad dollars, but Amazon doesn't want to take phone calls.
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On one hand they're suspicious of them because of how big their market share is and the fact that they have that uniform pricing. On the other hand, they legitimized the digital music business.
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When you break down the barriers between communications, every IM user is able to send and receive more messages, which means they'll be spending a little more time on their messenger, and get a few more impressions.