by Jeff Yablon | Feb 7, 2014 | Influency
In my last post I promised you more about Jason Calacanis’ new venture inside.com. I believe that Calacanis is missing the boat—as his previous media foray Mahalo did—because inside.com has no chance to make real Influency happen. We’ll get there in a...
by Jeff Yablon | Jul 30, 2012 | Business Process, Content, Media
The graphic says it all. So does prevailing, vocal criticism on the Internet, especially at social media sites. NBC’s television coverage of the 2012 London Olympics has been a huge failure. The cameras are working. The commentators are doing what commentators...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 23, 2012 | Business Process
Quite a few years ago, after he had sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for billions of dollars but before he leapt to international prominence as owner and impresario of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, I had some brief business dealings with Mark Cuban. I only spoke with...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 26, 2010 | Business Process, Media
How can US Senators be so unclear about the meaning of the laws they write? Today Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, who not coincidentally chairs the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked NBC to explain why certain Olympic events, available on...
