When I think of the role of publishers today why am I suddenly reminded of a certain movie about a professor who accidentally shrinks his kids and his neighbor's kids to 1/4 of an inch with an electro-magnetic ray gun? more

Four mega-trends emerged from the ballrooms and hallways of the Key Executives Mega-conference last week. And all of them underscored the decline in marketing importance - or at least growth of the banner ad as a business model. While previous conferences focused on how to get a 60% sell-through, the most interesting speakers this year were more likely to refer to banner ads as interruptive, while pressing on to more interesting opportunities: more

We've come a long way since the idea of separate business units was first articulated. The idea was fielded - and largely ignored - by established media years ago, first by the "Newspaper Next Project" and then by Borrell & Associates who have made it their mantra. In reality it is clearly impossible to build a new company that takes advantage of disruption in the marketplace, and so on, from inside the organizational structure of the old one without a separate business unit. But the original idea infiltrated its way into established media in pernicious ways - and that is one reason why it was not adopted faster, even though the research was there to be had. more