Over the holidays, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, was surprised when a picture she…
Author: Brian O'Leary
Lost horizons
I have long been a bit skeptical about people who get promoted every year or…
Rattling locks
We own something north of 500 movies. About 80% are kept on some form of…
(Market) size matters
David Rothman, who has been a persistent advocate for widespread access to digital content, recently…
Reader management
TNW (The Next Web) recently published “Platform thinking”, a guest post by Sangeet Paul Choudary….
Branded media
This week, Advertising Age ran an editorial to argue “Why marketers shouldn’t be afraid of…
Don’t blame Canada
A couple of weeks ago, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail ran “Why book buying stats…
Avoiding lag time
Last year, we researched “Territorial rights in the digital age” for Livres Canada Books. The…
Life during fragmentation
Yesterday, I used Participant Media’s cable-network acquisition as a springboard for divining lessons relevant to…
Purpose and focus
Last month, Participant Media announced that it was acquiring two cable networks, the Documentary Channel…