Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - Posts

NYC Content Mixer

NYC Mixer Tonight: Great Attendance; Some Lessons

I was directly above Rafat on the balcony as the people down in the mosh pit continued chatting while Gordon Crovitz praised his wall gardened Wall Street Journal and even had the audacity to say he may double the price of their right-wing publication.

The well dressed New York media audience was being polite by just talking and ignoring him rather then heckling and booing.

Buzz, beer, and bubbles

I had a good time mingling, munching orderves and drinking imported beer. I learned a thing or two as I always do when I bother to show-up at any mixer. Rafat Ali has had an undisclosed deal with the Wall Street Journal, they give him viewable links as he helps them increase their subscriptions.

I also spoke to a young blond capitalist tool from Forbes and she said all their writers Digg their own stories.
posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:09 AM by paul with 0 Comments

Yahoo Shuffle

Yahoo, Aiming for Agility, Shuffles Executives

I don’t have the time to paint my house so I’ll just rearrange the furniture.

Terry Semel said that when he joined the company five years ago, he focused on increasing the breadth of Yahoo products. - Blame Terry!

Yahoo still doesn’t know what it is, but as of this morning it's still the number one destination on the internet. In the words of baseball pitcher Satchel Page don’t look back, someone might be gaining on you – Live.com could very well snag several market segments away from an unfocused Yahoo sometime in '07.

I still use My.Yahoo everyday, but Flickr, Delicious and Yahoo Videos have yet to show up there, what are they waiting for?

Yahoo! Re-Aligns Organization to More Effectively Focus on Key Customer Segments and Capture Future Growth Opportunities

Growth opportunites? Their at the top right now, but I really think they have taken their eye off the ball.

posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:35 AM by paul with 0 Comments