May 2013
15 posts
The NextMarket Blog: Ever wonder how many... →
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Being a digital media analyst, I’m always hungry for numbers, so when I talk to someone about their business I almost always ask the question: so how many listeners do you have?
And what I’ve discovered is that many times people will actually tell you.
And that’s certainly been the case with my…
Well, do you wonder?
Can You Hear Me Now?
tiffanymcclurg:
“Hello? John, are you there?”
Silence.
I can see one of my most important clients is calling me but I can’t hear him. Gah! He’s going to think I’m unprofessional! And then the predictable thoughts enter my head: He’s going to take his work elsewhere! I won’t have a job! My kids will end up homeless!
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My wife is a ninja in telecom zoning, but she also...
Dear David Stern: I'll keep my tax dollars thank...
I had forgotten about NBA basketball, and like many recently got my hopes up. Now I’ll forget about it again. And my kids won’t ever care.
The NBA is run by guys who want local tax money poured into their pockets to build arenas, Seattle said no, and they don’t want us. I’m completely fine with that. Go Mariners.
The NextMarket Blog: Earwolf's Jeff Ullrich on... →
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Summary: Anyone who listens to comedy podcasts knows about Earwolf, the hugely successful comedy podcast network responsible for shows like Comedy Bang Bang, Sklarbro Country and many more. Earwolf was founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in 2010, and in this conversation I talk to…
The rise of the Technostate - the book I never...
In 2010 I pitched a book to my literary agent (who has stuck with me despite not doing a whole lotta book writing lately), and while he was interested, he felt it was a bit too early. Given all of the talk about virtual currencies, I thought I’d share what I was thinking back then. I don’t have time to write this book, but I think someone should :)
Here are the first six chapters in...
The NextMarket Blog: JASH's Mickey Meyer on... →
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Want to listen to this podcast on your mobile device? You can get this and other NextMarket podcasts through one of the following channels: iTunes, Stitcher, RSS or Soundcloud.
Summary: I’ve been tracking the progress of YouTube’s channel initiative since almost the…
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Cake time →
Let us eat cake!
Use the Force, Luke: Four Things Every Jedi Must...
tiffanymcclurg:
Many years ago, a client said to me with stars in his eyes and awe in his voice, “What kind of Jedi mind-trick do you use on them?” You see, I had been able to seemingly do the impossible: I walked into a permit intake appointment at a local jurisdiction and walked out with the approved permit on the same day. This permit review process typically takes 6-8 weeks. Not a...
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The NextMarket Blog: Pomplamoose's Jack Conte on... →
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I’ve been a fan of Pomplamoose for a few years, both because the duo makes great music but also because they’ve been fairly innovative in the way in which they connect with their audience through the use of YouTube.
So when I read yesterday that one half of the duo, Jack Conte, had…
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Adam Carolla on the podcast business, selling...
Adam Carolla launched his podcast in 2009, just days after his terrestrial radio program was cancelled. Since then, he’s gone on to create one of the largest podcast networks around, featuring a number of podcasts, all centered around the flagship Adam Carolla Show.
In this podcast, Adam talks about his views on podcasting, how he runs his business, why nothing is “free” if...
WatchWe caught some shrimp!
The NextMarket Blog: Leo Laporte talks podcasting →
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Leo Laporte is one of the giants of podcasting, and perhaps one of the first to make a successful standalone media company built around podcasting. Part of the larger podcast project, this conversation features Leo’s thoughts about the word podcast itself, the growth of TWiT, how TWiT…
The Future of the Connected Living Room
nextmarket:
I was asked to present on the Future of the Connected Living Room by the US Telecom Association, the biggest and oldest trade industry association for the telecommunications industry in the US.
I figured I would share my slides. Below is a slightly modified version of what I presented last week. Enjoy.
The Future of the Connected Living Room from NextMarket Insights
April 2013
13 posts
The NextMarket Blog: Want Android TV Box? Just... →
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Mari Silbey wrote over at Zatz Not Funny that she wanted an Android TV box because the ability to get any Android app on her TV is something she’d really like (as would many of us who use Android).
All I can say is just wait, as I think that’s likely the future of Google’s efforts for TV and…
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Scott Meyer of Basic Instructions talks webcomics,...
Scott is a former standup comedian who has been creating his very funny webcomic, ‘Basic Instructions’ (which can be found at basicinstructions.net) for over a decade, and recently published his first novel, ‘Off to Be the Wizard’. Scott and I talk about his comic, getting discovered by Dilbert creator Scott Adams (and how the subsequent traffic swallowed his site for 48...
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The NextMarket Blog: Microsoft's Podcast Man Rob... →
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Like Apple, Microsoft has been one of the most supportive big tech companies behind podcasting. Rob Greenlee has been there for the entire ride, helping to get podcasts launched first on Zune and more recently being the go-to guy for podcasts on Xbox and Windows Phone. I talk to Rob about…
Rob was really helpful in helping in sharing his knowledge about the podcast market....
The NextMarket Blog: This American Life's Ira... →
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In this conversation I talk to This American Life’s Ira Glass. He shares his thoughts on the podcasting market and how he thinks it’s changed during the last decade or so, as well as where it might go in the future. He also shares a few thoughts about what podcasts he listens to and who…
I’m a huge This American Life fan, so talking to Ira Glass was a pretty cool...
Mike gets a lesson on "leaning in" from his high...
Let’s get this out of the way: I haven’t paid attention to the whole Lean In thing.
Actually, that’s wrong; I’ve paid attention enough so as to know it is a thing and that I should be paying more attention.
And before you women and more sensitive (and kind of judgmental, if I do say so) men types think I’m a terrible person, let me just say in my defense that I also...
The NextMarket Blog: 5by5's Dan Benjamin on being... →
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Some have called Dan Benjamin’s 5by5 “NPR for geeks”. Given the fast-growing podcast network’s mix of shows that go deep and long into tech and geek culture - and do it very well - it’s a pretty apt description.
In this conversation, Dan and I talk about a number of topics, including: the…
I’m a big fan of Dan Benjamin and 5by5. In this conversation, we talk about...
Freakonomics Stephen Dubner on the 'Hidden Side of...
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In this conversation I talk to Stephen Dubner about why he started Freakonomics Radio, the growth of his podcast and how it allows him to stay in touch with his audience, the growth drivers for podcasting, as well as the “hidden side” of podcasting.
This conversation is one of the many I making available over the next week or two from the Podcast Project. If you’d like to learn...
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The NextMarket Blog: As a market analyst who has... →
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As a market analyst who has made a living writing about digital media for the past decade, I recently became intrigued with the podcast market.
Part of the reason was I had started my own podcast a few months ago, which I had decided to do as part of an open-lab model of market…
So I talk to Ira Glass, Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics), Adam Carolla and a few more here. I put...
Funnymen and iPhones: Why the Podcast is Finally... →
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“The podcast is as old as two people talking on street corners” – Adam Carolla
This project was more a labor of love than anything, though I will likely have a small report on the podcast market in the next little while. But here’s the mass-market version over at Forbes :)
I talked to Carolla, Ira Glass, Stephen Dubner, as well as Libsyn, Microsoft, and a few others.
I also put...
The NextMarket Blog: A conversation with James... →
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Play the conversation above, or subscribe to the NextMarket podcast at iTunes,Soundcloud, Stitcher Radio or RSS.
Take the maker movement, combine it with the sharing economy and throw in some crowdfunding, what do you get?
This Stool Rocks by Fabsie.
In this podcast…
March 2013
19 posts
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The NextMarket Blog: NextMarket Startup Insight:... →
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It’s not often we see an entirely new approach to bringing TV entertainment to consumers, but Aereo has done just that.
In early 2012, the startup launched a…
The NextMarket Blog: Here's Why Smart TV May Be... →
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Just over a month ago, Opera surprised most everyone in the web world when they announced they would transition from Presto, their own layout engine, to Webkit.
The announcement was jolting for a number of reasons, none more so than the fact the move meant Opera would be leaving behind the…
reblogging on my personal blog for you TV tech nerds.
The NextMarket Blog: NextMarket Startup Insight... →
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In this podcast, I talk to Nancy Liang, the CEO of MixeeMe. I recently encounted MixeeMe as part of my look at Shapeways, since the company was one of the first…
Tried a new format for this one. A little more polish.
The NextMarket Blog: Jim Bankoff, CEO of Vox, on... →
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A few days ago, Vox Media was named publisher of the year by Digiday, crediting the company’s CEO, Jim Bankoff, with the company’s successful…
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The NextMarket Blog: Kickstarter Success Rates... →
nextmarket:
Earlier this week I looked at how total Kickstarter new campaign volume has been trending down over the past eight months.
Because the overall volume of new campaigns seems to have slowed, it’s worth looking further into the data to see if it’s possible to see why new campaign momentum has…
Success rates are down, as I suspected, but not enough to be a real problem for...
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The NextMarket Blog: Is Kickstarter and the... →
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Over the past few years, the excitement about crowdfunding has been palpable. Every day, more artists, entrepreneurs and innovators embrace the crowdfunding model, seeing it as a way to get their vision to market while avoiding the traditional funding routes such debt or venture capital.
Of all…
So, is Kickstarter growth slowing?
The NextMarket Blog: Streaming sermons: a true... →
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Above: An example of too much mobility at church
Every four or five weeks, I volunteer at my church.
The only reason I tell you this on a technology blog is because, well, I have a story about using technology. In church.
Now I know church is one of the places we go to get away from…
A post about technology and church.
The NextMarket Blog: 3 months and 10k plays later:... →
nextmarket:
Some of you know I launched the NextMarket podcast in late 2012 in conjunction with the launch of my company, NextMarket Insights. Since it’s been roughly three months since I started it, I thought I’d share some of my numbers.
First though, a little context: The idea behind my podcast was to…
A little (or a lot) of detail on my podcast numbers after three months)
The NextMarket Blog: Why Yahoo Should Buy... →
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According to Kara over at AllThingsD, Yahoo is working on two significant acquisitions and a few small acqui-hires. She throws out some good suggestions, some of which make a lot of sense (Pinterest, Tumblr), others which don’t seem as much a fit (Quora).
One company which Swisher doesn’t…
If they do buy Soundcloud, you heard it here first.
The NextMarket Blog: Andrew Sullivan on the new... →
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After blogging for thirteen years, the last six of which were for big media, in January Andrew Sullivan and a few close associates decided to launch…
Sullivan is trying to get people to pay for content, using a modern NPR “fund drive”...
The NextMarket Blog: Why I Moved The NextMarket... →
nextmarket:
Some of you may have noticed a new look for the NextMarket blog. That’s because we just moved our main blog to Tumblr.
While there are a few reasons for this, the main gist is this: Tumblr is, in my opinion, the most modern and social of all the blog platforms out there today.
When we launched…
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It's all about the services →
nextmarket:
The number of homes with 3D printers is less than the number of iPads sold in a day. While it will be a huge market someday in the future, the early 3D printing action is all about the services.
Hey Tumblrs: A favor to ask
I love Tumblr so much I’m moving my company blog over to it. So, if you follow me here, or read this site, why don’t you follow my company blog: NextMarket Blog.
I’d sure appreciate it!
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February 2013
14 posts
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Meet The Next Big Children's Book Author. He...
If you’ve ever walked into a book signing for cartoonist Stephan Pastis, there’s a chance you could mistake it for a rock concert, only one for adolescent boys.
But don’t be mistaken. The artist’s darkly funny comic strip, Pearls Before Swine, does well among most age groups; it’d have to, after all, to be syndicated in 650 papers in an era of declining newspaper readership. But it’s...
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