Tag: investment
Nudes Are Old News at Playboy – New York Times
Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine, a leader…
Waterville airport sets sights high after big investments – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Randy Marshall, airport manager at Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport, stands with his dog, Molly, on Thursday on the newly renovated runway at the city-owned airport in Waterville. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans WATERVILLE — The Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport is poised to handle more…
Three Ways Marketing Attribution Can Improve Your Brand Marketing Efforts – MarketingProfs.com (subscription)
The explosion of digital media has bred the modern, data-driven, analytically savvy marketer who understands and operates under the known pressure of tracking, measuring, and optimizing every media interaction to generate a positive return on advertising spend. However, most brand marketers don’t operate in the…
Why Microsoft Bought A Game Engine From Intel – Seeking Alpha
Summary Microsoft bought the biggest game-related 3D physics engine company, Havok, from Intel. Microsoft is likely fortifying its influence on game publishers and developers. Havok’s physics engine is far more popular than Nvidia’s Physx game engine. Havok offers almost a complete all-in-one game development software…
Leading Digital Publisher Axel Springer to Acquire Stake in Thrillist Media Group – Business Wire (press release)
BERLIN & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Axel Springer SE, the leading digital publisher in Europe, today announced it intends to acquire a minority interest in New York City-based Thrillist Media Group (TMG), a leading digital media company and lifestyle destination for millennial men. The investment is an…
Spurring Investments And Innovation In Agriculture – TechCrunch
Brian MilneCrunch Network Contributor Brian Milne is a freelance writer and former senior reporter/editor for McClatchy Newspapers, advocating sustainable water technologies and precision agriculture. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network The federal government is often criticized by Silicon Valley for being…
What Type Of Company Should You Follow When Betting On Ad-Tech? – Seeking Alpha
Summary The ad-tech marketplace is primed for massive growth in the next few years. This has attracted players of all sizes targeting different business segments. The small players are facing a serious challenge in trying to gain market share from thriving giants. A few of…
Video Is The Future of Content Marketing – Business 2 Community
Lights! Camera! Conversion! My great-grandmother Michaelena always told me – ‘you ought to be pictures … you sweety, little boy’. Little did I know she was advising me about my future and the future of content marketing! More customers consume content as part of their…
GamesBeat 2015 snares Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine as a new speaker – VentureBeat
Our latest speaker, Graeme Devine looks like a character from Game of Thrones. The chief creative officer and vice president of games at Magic Leap is one more among the cast of characters from gaming who will talk at our GamesBeat 2015 conference at the Grand Hyatt…
MELTDOWN: The complete story – Metalbulletin.com (subscription)
IMatthias Horner closed his front door gently behind him and scrunched across the gravel drive to the garage. He flicked the button on his car key ring, and the garage door began to swing open, as did the gate at the end of the drive…