Google Content Network and the AdSense Trojan Horse

Published by Eric Litman on Monday, June 30th, 2008 1:08am

Adam Ostrow at Mashable posted a tip on Twitter tonight to a New York Times report on Google's planned Content Network, in which they'll distribute video and video ads through their installed base of AdSense publishers. This a big deal reflective of how Google's integrated ad capabilities can in a single stroke shift an entire segment of an industry, and a reminder of the power, scale and reach the AdSense network gives them. Online video's in for a big shake-up. Some first impressions and questions: Very cool, very smart, tons of unknowns. What will publishers with their own video content think about this? Will there be an opt-out setting for publishers who still ...

Reaching out through the media

Published by Eric Litman on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 10:00pm

March/April have been busy months, and in the midst, I've spoken with some really cool folks in various segments of media. Here's a cross-section:† Articles Washington Post: "Building his own startup ecosystem" CNET's News.com: "Escape from social network frenzy?" Fast Company: Lynne D Johnson reports from Eric Litman's talk at NextNY Web 2.0Audio and Video CNET's the404: "The 'Where I can't Stop Laughing' Episode" NextNY Web 2.0: Eric Litman speaking at Web 2.0 Meetup in NYC: (part 1)  (part 2) Jonny's Partay: Eric Litman on Jonny's Partay PulverTV/Mediacasters.tv: Eric Litman visits Startup Weekend Boulder Thanks so much to Zach Goldfarb at The Washington Post, Caroline McCarthy at CNET's The Social, and Lynne Johnson at Fast Company for the ...

Rana Sobhany at CNN

Published by Eric Litman on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 2:30am

The awesome Rana, newest member of my team at WashingtonVC, spent Xmas day hanging out at CNN with Zain Verjee and Scott Stead in Larry King's studio. Here are the results on Seesmic: 

Bruce Waldack Memorial Site, Video Interview

Published by Eric Litman on Friday, June 29th, 2007 2:06pm

Eric Moreno has put together the Bruce Waldack Memorial Site for friends and family to reconnect and keep in touch. If you have a web site or blog, he would appreciate a link to boost the site's Google ranking above some of the riff raff out there. And separately, Federico Ini posted this clip of an interview he did with Bruce for his TV show in Buenos Aires: Thanks to everyone for all of the comments, emails and phone calls.