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John Battelle’s Searchblog: What Are The Conversion Rates for Google’s “First Click Free”?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:33:37 GMT

"I'd guess it's a pretty low percentage of folks who actively try to get the Wall Street Journal by repeatedly searching on Google.
Source: Martin Stabe

Entrepreneur: How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:56:56 GMT

“Twitter is a new way to do customer relationship management,” says media veteran John Battelle, founder of The Industry Standard and more recently founder and CEO of Federated Media Publishing.
Source: Federated Media Blog

The Geekdom of Google

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

The Bad: Sheds little new light on Google's impact. The Bottom Line: Auletta largely delivers on his book's promise.
Source: Business Week

Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina to Run for U.S. Senate

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:02:54 GMT

The pioneering female executive, first at AT&T and later at HP, has also been a book author and breast cancer survivor.
Source: The Bloggers' Times

Reps. Maloney and Adler push true bipartisan stimulus — Sarbanes-Oxley relief

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:44:23 GMT

After months of talk about solutions that would rev up job growth and the economy, today the House Financial Service Committee may finally adopt a true bipartisan stimulus. Led by Democratic Reps.
Source: Openmarket.org

Armstrong: IYP ‘More Important, Not Less;’ Hyperlocal ‘Patch’ Spreads

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:01:05 GMT

AOL CEO Tim Armstong, interviewed by John Battelle at Web 2.0 in San Francisco, gave a thumbs up to the future of the Yellow Pages – at least, the Internet Yellow Pages.
Source: The Local Onliner

Niesenholtz at Web 2.0: Major Opportunities Ahead for Journalism

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:57:37 GMT

Speakers at last week’s Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco mused about the future of journalism with moderator John Battelle. “We’re living in an era of great change all over the place,” noted New York Times Digital Head Martin Niesenholtz.
Source: The Local Onliner

Web 2.0 Summit 09: Sergey Brin and John Battelle, "A Conversation with Sergey Brin"

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:35:17 GMT

Dear WSJ: To Avoid Google Disease, Please Put A Condom On Your Content

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:18:51 GMT

I’d thought I’d heard it all in the debate over Google and newspapers, but this week Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson took it up a notch. He accused Google of making people slutty.
Source: Silicon Alley Insider

Photo from AP Photo by PictureGroup

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:24:23 GMT

In this image released by PictureGroup, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta, left, speaks to moderator John Battelle during his keynote address at the Web 2.0 Technology Summit on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at the Westin Hotel in San Francisco.