Jorge Espinel / August 12, 2009
Upon learning of Facebook’s acquisition of Friendfeed, very few industry people (myself included) were surprised that Facebook needed to acquire a company to bring in talent to compete with Twitter. However, if one takes a step back, this news should have at least raised an eyebrow. Currently, Facebook is one of the hottest digital media [...]
Branding,Brands,Content,Corporate Development,M&A,Management,Media Companies,Startups,Video,Web Advertising
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Jorge Espinel / March 14, 2009
Recently, Techcrunch had an interesting article about the death of digital divisions inside major media companies. Techcrunch argued that the slowdown in M&A will mean that most digital initiatives will now be led by the traditional divisions rather than by “digital” divisions. While this may be the case in the short-term, I believe that major [...]
Corporate Development,Dealmaking,digital media,Management,Media Companies
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Jorge Espinel / May 9, 2008
Acquisitions have emerged as an essential capability for digital media players to build scale and drive product innovation. The digital media business has become hit-driven and increasingly hyper-competitive. As a result, building a successful Web business is increasingly hard for anyone but particularly for corporate media players. This is leading most media players to rely [...]
Content,Corporate Development,digital media,M&A,Management,organization,Web 2.0
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