Show from Mon Jun 30 09:18:59 CDT 2008
On Digital Media, Episode #69: Google Trends, Microsoft SpendsLast program description:
In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) discuss:
- John and Ken will be attending the NY Tech Meetup on July 1st at IAC in NYC
- Ken will be attending Podcamp Boston 3
- Matchmine is powering blog recommendations for blogged.com
- BlogTalkRadio has closed a $4.6 million dollar round of financing from The Kraft Group - the same folks that have invested in Matchmine (small world…). Congratulations to ODM alum and BlogTalkRadio VP of Business Development, John Havens; VP of Product Development, Kris Smith and; Alan Levy, BlogTalkRadio CEO.
- Microsoft acquires semantic search company Powerset for $100+ million
The Google-Yahoo deal comes under scrutiny for potential anti-trust issues - Google (finally) finds its new CFO - Patrick Pichette from BellCanada
- Google introduced two new planning products: Google Trends for Web Sites and Google Ad Planner. We discuss the fundamental shift occurring in advertising and media.
- YouTube is capturing nearly 80% of the online video viewing market
- Ustream will introduce overlay ads into live video streams. We talk a bit about lifecasting, live video and of course, Chris Pirillo. Will overlay advertising on video work, live or on-demand?
- Amazon eBook sales could reach $2.5 billion by 2012 according to Pacific Crest analyst Steve Weinstein. Ken estimates that figure would comprise about 15% of the U.S. book market.
Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.
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