Drama 2.0
Known for his critical analyses of Internet startups, Drama 2.0 enjoys exploring technology and how it impacts media, marketing and culture.
Drama 2.0 is the author of The Drama 2.0 Show at http://www.drama20show.com/ and a member of the E-consultancy blogging team.
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Loic LeMeur, a popular French tech entrepreneur and blogger who runs a
Web 2.0 startup called Seesmic when he has spare time, is the organizer
of LeWeb, arguably one of Europe's most 'star-studded' internet
conferences.
The first LeWeb conference took place in 2005 and has grown from a
modest 250 attendees that first year to over 1,800 in 2007. As Paul
Carr of The Guardian notes in his report on LeWeb 2008, LeWeb has seen
its fair share of controversy and criticism in the past.
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by Drama 2.0
16 December 2008 08:45am
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In what seems to be a frequent occurrence, research firm eMarketer has cut its estimates for ad spend on social networks.
In May, the firm estimated that spending on social network ads would reach $1.4bn. That number has been lowered to $1.2bn.
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by Drama 2.0
15 December 2008 09:00am
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It was an interesting week. As news of the debate over the possible bailout of the United States' struggling automakers captured the headlines and largely dictated the mood in the major financial markets around the world, newspaper titan Tribune Co. filed for bankruptcy and the Pulitzer Prize Board decided to fully embrace online journalism.
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by Drama 2.0
12 December 2008 12:00pm
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Last week, AdAge.com published an article discussing the disgust consumers are developing for the increasing number of ads that are being aired over and over again.
AdAge.com's Brain Steinberg cites an ad that Toyota has flooded the airwaves with that led to the creation of a Facebook group with nearly 9,000 members that is calling for the ad to be killed.
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by Drama 2.0
09 December 2008 12:00pm
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Scott Adams is best known as the creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip. Dilbert, of course, has risen to popularity by poking fun at the typical white-collar office that so many of us have experienced first hand.
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by Drama 2.0
10 December 2008 12:00pm
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Last week, I discussed the success story of Stephanie Meyer and her Twilight series of vampire romance novels. Meyer's use of social media played a role in the successful promotion of books that have sold over 25 million copies and that led to the blockbuster adaptation of her first book as a motion picture.
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by Drama 2.0
11 December 2008 12:05pm
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Paul Graham is one of the more interesting personalities in the American startup scene today.
Recognizing some of the flaws inherent in the venture capital model as it relates to consumer internet startups, he launched YCombinator.
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by Drama 2.0
08 December 2008 12:00pm
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Perhaps I'm simply tiring of the economic news (or becoming immune to it). Increasingly, I find myself being drawn more and more to random news stories unrelated to the flurry of bad news that seems to come on the economic front.
Tis the season to be jolly, right? Here's this week's hodgepodge of news and it's not all bad.
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by Drama 2.0
05 December 2008 12:00pm
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One might make the argument that of all the Wall Street personalities who made names for themselves in the internet boom of the late 1990s and in the bust that soon followed, Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker was the most important.
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by Drama 2.0
04 December 2008 12:00pm
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It looks like the woes that had already befalled brick-and-mortar retail may have finally befallen online retailers. According to comScore, e-commerce sales in the first 23 days of November declined 4% from the same period last year.
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by Drama 2.0
01 December 2008 12:00pm
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