I’m taking notes for a later round-up post, but I’m not “live blogging” the Future of Media conference I’m attending. However, Ashkan Karbasfrooshan of WatchMojo.com is live blogging. Obviously, the gang from PaidContent.org are also convering it.
I’ll be posting photos later, also.
Update: Robert Andrews (who I’m sitting next to at the moment) of PaidContent.org, has posted a tid-bit of news regarding IDG President Bob Carrigan’s response to my question about the relaunch of a website using the URL and brand of the now defunct magazine, The Industry Standard: “(In December, the website will be relaunched as a) “very innovative social media platform” that aggregates input from the community in a prediction market thing.”



February 4th, 2008 at 11:38 am
[...] Back in October, while moderating a panel at PaidContent.org’s “Future of Business Media” conference in New York, I asked IDG CEO Bob Carrigan about the rumors that The Industry Standard would be relaunching online as a dejazine (although, I feel 100% sure I didn’t use that term). Bob indicated that it would be launching last December as a “very innovative social media platform†that aggregates input from the community in a prediction market thing.” [...]