Pioneer Todd Harrison Exiting Digital Media

Todd Harrison announced this week he will be exiting the digital media business. The Minyanville web site has been one of the best daily reads since it was created in September 2001.

• "The secular online publishing dynamic has shifted quickly, and there's desperation in the air. I would argue the digital media model is broken, with most of the players chasing clicks and treading water. Online financial-content companies have been struggling to reach profitability for years..."

•  " That leaves subscriptions and licenses, which become tougher sells in an information-overloaded, in-your-face multichannel environment. That devolved into a fear-mongering, can-you-top-that headline chase, which is both unfortunate and inconsistent with our brand ethos. I believe there's a better way to execute our mission, and it's not the online media model."

Todd Harrison: Why I'm Exiting the Digital Media Business $BAC $BBRY $AIG $AMTD http://t.co/QN79uVQZTE via @minyanville
— Todd Harrison (@todd_harrison) May 20, 2014

Content Marketing Comes of Age: Coca-Cola and Google Mark Watershed Moment - EContent Magazine

Content Marketing Comes of Age: Coca-Cola and Google Mark Watershed Moment - EContent Magazine


: Content 2020 is Coca-Cola's marketing plan for the future"

"...Google has become one of the largest content producers on the planet."

"Major consolidation is coming, but it's not what you think. Over the next few years, more and more media companies, both small and large, will be bought out by brands in those particular industries. Google's purchase of Zagat and JPG magazine's (a photography publication) purchase by an investor group led by photo-supplies retailer Adorama is just the tip of the iceberg."

"Content is the new advertising"

"big brands like Coca-Cola, Google, and Johnson & Johnson committing to content marketing is literally going to change not just marketing for the future, but the world"

ADOBE: a Growth Stock in a Growth Space

Digital, Digital, Digital, .......MEDIA, ONLINE VIDEO, MARKETING ,ADVERTISING

The MARKETS are GROWING, GROWING,.........$6 Billion, $6 Billion, $80 Billion, plus $32 Billion.....
and still growing....

Adobe Systems is dominating!

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Yale's Shiller Bullish on Finance Technology

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Landscape of the Digital Content Revolution

Earlier this week we shared the corporate statistics from the power point presentation at  Business Insider's November 30th Conference.   This morning we share a report from Minyanville regarding the consumer.

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THE AGE OF DIGITAL CONTENT

"Digital content is already a $12 billion business, and it's growing spectacularly quickly." Henry Blodget

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