I was invited to speak at the RedHerring 100 event next week in San Jose.
Also, Blogtronix will have a booth in the TechRoom, so if you are there, please come and check out our demo and products. We will be making lots of announcements starting next week. Stay tuned.
Here is more info about this:
Digital Media
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 14 - 5:15-6:00 - Room C
Moderator: Chris Bonnet
Speakers:
- BitGravity, Perry Wu, Co-Founder and CEO
- Dailymotion, Joy Marcus, US General Manager
- Gotuit, Mark Pascarella, President and CEO
- Zango, Neal Freeland, Vice President
- Blogtronix, Vassil Mladjov, Founder and CEO
The conversion of mass media to digital has been a fundamental revolution. From videos to photos to publications, digitization has caused a shift in the balance of power from traditional media to online and digital distribution. Print magazines and newspapers have lost advertising and readership to on-line publications and blogs. Unauthorized postings and sharing of copyrighted content have disrupted viewing patterns and concepts of fair use and ownership. The under-20 generation lives by the digital delivery and their switch has exposed the vulnerable business models of the old media. Power and influence are being redistributed from the old brand names to new online entities and blogs. Yet, the business models for this new medium are not clear. Just five percent of all ad spending globally went to the Web last year. Will creativity and quality falter? Can the new business models sustain the rich variety of fare that 21st century consumers expect? Will we fall back to a handful of media brands once the choices become exponential and unreliable?