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Mads-Jakob Vad Kristensen
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Medias real-time trust challenge
Some media organizations are starting to make rules for when and how their reporters can break news on Twitter. This has spurred some debate with one side arguing that media have got it all wrong, while media are trying to … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: people work )
Naivety
The reality of business is that you need to produce something others value in order to stay in business. And that’s irrespective of whether you’re a company with decades or even centuries of history or a fresh young start-up; you … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money people tech )
The real sin of news media
I for one don’t subscribe to the notion that there was an original sin committed by news media back in the day when they decided to put all the news online for free. Not that it was the smartest decision … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people )
?Free? should just be an RSS feed
In the absence of real radical ideas for media companies let me throw one on the table to get the week started: Why not just reduce all free content websites to become simple RSS driven sites with a Google Reader like user … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: tech work )
Game, set and match: The customer?
There is no doubt in my mind that the empowerment online of customers over companies is a very good thing. If for nothing else it may in due time help promote the creation of meaningful and valuable products, tools and … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning money people )
5 flaws of the Facebook IPO
So it’s finally here; the most talked about IPO for years – Facebooks. Mark Zuckerberg and his cronies are looking for 5B USD to boost growth and secure one heck of a pay day for a great number of people … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money tech )
3 reasons why big data isn?t all that
Big data is a big deal to a lot of big companies. In fact it seems like all the industries losing their old business models are betting that big data will somehow on the fly create new revenue streams for … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people tech )
Can you really make it work?
One of the most interesting things we fail to discuss when we’re discussing innovation, is whether we can actually make all our innovations operational. Because how often don’t we find ourselves in a situation, where we think we have created … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: people tech weird work )
And you thought cookies were tricky?
Wake up and smell the coffee. The EU is coming towards you with something that has far deeper and more serious implications than cookies in itself will ever have; a monumental update to the date protection rules. 3 things stand … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people )
3 ways Lego has understood social
Everybody looking at trying to create a social network around their product should take a look at Legos latest foray into social media, ReBrick. Because I think they have really nailed the approach. For three reasons: Lego has understood that … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people tech )
3 learnings from Apples record earnings
Apple is shooting for the Moon. Heck, they may already be there judging from their latest earnings blow-out. Putting it in context with the revelation of their so far super-secret product development approach, I thought it would be nice to … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money tech )
New life to the paper
Yesterday we finally released Berlingske, our flagship newspaper of Berlingske Media, in a native iPad edition. It’s a huge step forward for us, because for the first time we’re unleashing the product known from 263 years of print tradition onto … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: announcements tech work )
Is the long tail really a pair of long balls?
We love to talk about the long tail. Or rather; people at the head of the long tail love to talk about it. Either because they already have their business secured (read: Apple and iTunes/App Store) or make a living … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money work )
Ads are killing themselves
AllThingsD had an interesting piece the other day about how the Math Men are taking over advertising from the Mad Men. It’s interesting because it’s generally telling of how the advertising industry as a whole is busy killing itself in … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning money )
5 pillars of media innovation
Yesterday I had the good fortune to be involved in a good workshop and discussion about innovation within media companies and what is needed to foster and nurture getting new ideas and seeing them successfully through. From the workshop a … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning work )
Be famous for the right thing
Yesterday I had the chance to hear Lovefilm COO, Jim Buckle, talk about how his company is dealing with change and threats to it’s original business model. Lovefilm started out as a DVD-per-post rental company and is now moving to … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning money work )
What?s the real value of journalism?
I fundamentally agree with Frédéric Filloux of Monday Note that media companies need to give up the single reliance on advertising online and get deeper into how to get customers to pay for content. And I think his simple calculations … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning money people work )
?Free? losing fans?
It’s interesting to watch a lot of the public debate around what should be free (i.e. covered by taxes) in society and what should not. At least in Denmark, where taxes are sky-high but where there is also a very … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning money people work )
Adding gameplay to the mix
I like games. I like playing games. I like the way that playing games gives me an opportunity to both immerse into a subject and have fun at the same time. I like the way it gives me a sense … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money tech )
Existence is not God given
Many media people still seem to have a tendency to think that the existence of the jobs they have and the companies they work for is a God given, since they have been in business for generations. How very wrong … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people work )
The only constant is change
How often do you hear people sigh for this thing “to blow over” whether it’s a current predicament or a bigger structural thing like the current financial crisis? My guess is that you hear it a lot. And yet it’s … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning work )
Personalization is not the only answer
A lot of people are screaming across the rooftops that personalization is the future of media. I think that’s a truth with a couple of modifications. First of all, in order to know what you want to be exposed to … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people work )
Don?t benchmark against NYT
Media companies should really stop looking towards the New York Times when they are looking for ways to charge for content online. For three various obvious reasons: NYT is the worlds best paper, so you are essentially claiming to be … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: money people work )
A score that stands out
Sometimes there may be a real need for something, but the solutions available leave a lot to be desired. I think reputation management and Klout is such a case. I totally agree with Matthew Ingram that reputation management is here … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: meaning people tech )
Why do you want to pin this?
So Pinterest is getting a lot of interest. It’s claimed by some to be the future of curation. Well, I just don’t get it. Curation I do get but as a living thing that continuously adapt to my needs for … Continue reading →
af Mads Kristensen (tags: tech weird )
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