The Quote

“The laptop is yesterday’s news.”

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation at AllThingsD

If it’s yesterday’s news, what’s that make yesterday’s news?

“Data data data
I cannot make bricks without clay”

“I have talked to a dozen or so agencies and there’s going to be a lot of push back. They’ll probably be some that engage for the sexiness, but not for the ROI,” said Jumptap’s Chief Marketing Officer Paran Johar told PaidContent. Johar was responding to the news that Apple’s iAds mobile ad program may demand $1 million minimum buys and could at least triple mobile ad pricing.

“….that ignores why people pay for the Wall Street Journal, which is not just that ‘it has value,’ but that it has scarce value that helps people make money now. I don’t recall similar information being covered in the normal civic square. In the meantime, I’m sure there are plenty of local community sites for Honolulu already. Why would people want to pay extra to join just one of them?

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

“The question is whether people will trade freedom for convenience. I think they will. They have before.”

“If you are looking for deep political wisdom from Wolf Blitzer, that’s like fishing for manta rays in the Gowanus Canal.”

Dan Gross talking about health care bill-related punditry and “the culture of stenography” on On the Media. Well worth a listen overall.

Great columnists are a key part of news brands, but he’s on to something about the economics of it. How much are you paying who, and how much are they yielding. Good questions, and ones that need to be asked.

“What our writers discovered was that the diligently researched feature type good stuff that’s original and new; that’s what works”.

“This is probably the most significant play that I’ve seen … since the invention of the online job board,” said Joshua Akers, vice president of RecruitingBlogs.com, a social networking site for human resources professionals. Akers is talking about Direct Employers Association’s planned new online job service, a major challenge to CareerBuilder and Monster, even as [...]