Monthly Archives: April 2012

Seems like only seven years ago, in blog time

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by Rex Hammock

It seems like only seven years ago (September, 2005, to be precise) when, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the journalism flowing from a hastily set up blog at NOLA.com, Jeff Jarvis and I were blogging about what a pity … Continue reading →

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Isn’t fumbling iPad opportunities the favorite pastime of magazine publishers?

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 by Rex Hammock

From an article today, April 12, 2012, on the website, Digiday, titled, Magazines Fumble the iPad Opportunity: “I don’t think there’s anything magazine-like out there that’s really resonating or working,” said Khoi Vinh, former design director for The New York … Continue reading →

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Facebook acqhires/acquires Instagram for $1 billion (No, really)

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2012 by Rex Hammock

Earlier today, I said on Twitter: $1 billion for Instagram is giving me serious flashbacks of the months preceding the dot.com meltdown. — (@R) April 9, 2012 This is what I was referring to: Mapquest - AOL acquired Mapquest for $1.1B … Continue reading →

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Those savvy business-to-business media investors have only themselves to blame

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2012 by Rex Hammock

[Note: I am friends with William Pollak and this post says I agree with him totally. Well, except for one thing.] [Later: See comment below. Perhaps I don’t agree with what Bill is saying as what I agree with are … Continue reading →

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