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 [...]
Much is being written today about the imminent downturn in the economy and how it has started to impact overall business activity (see here). This has gotten me thinking about what are the potential implications for the digital media community over the next 18-24 months.
Realities:
– Consumers’ online usage will continue to increase at a [...]
Much has been said about Web 1.0 companies struggling to adapt to the current dynamics of the Web. No need to call it Web 2.0. The Web has simply evolved and conditions changed. The list of changes is pretty evident:
- Broadband penetration has reached full scale
- Product development costs have fallen dramatically
- Infrastructure [...]
Traditional and digital media companies have begun to recognize the need to use M&A to build their business. Acquisitions are increasingly becoming a critical source of product innovation, specialist talent (see my previous post Product Development: Specialists Win), new audiences, new customers, etc. This is a trend that I expect to become more [...]
I, Jorge Espinel, am a partner at Velocity Interactive Group. I was previously head of AOL Corporate Strategy and M&A. This is where I share my thoughts and opinions on trends and the prescient issues facing digital media.
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