WebMediaBrands CEO Alan Meckler
Feb 05,2010
- 10:13 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tdot_chris Final thought about you:never get into a pissing contest with skunk."
Feb 04,2010
- 23:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Freemium Summit - The Business of Free has the program posted. http://bit.ly/ckFDdj-conf and expo from Chas. Hudson and Mediabistro.com."
- 22:58 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tdot_chris Sorry but you are not very sharp. A URL and a Twitter account name can be and sually are trademarks."
- 22:58 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tdot_chris Sorry but you are not very sharp. A URL and a Twitter account name can be and sually are trademarks."
- 17:46 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tdot_chris It is no different than URL squatting -which is illegal."
- 17:45 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Interesting question posed in WSJ today: how many of the 5 million AOL subs are clueless that the service is free? Probably a lot?"
Feb 03,2010
- 23:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tdot_chris Hello nothing. These are people not even making use of these brand names."
- 22:51 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Twitter is slow to respond. Not sure why they do not seem to care. If Twitter is going to be a biz then they have to police this stuff."
- 22:50 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Twitter has to do a better job about people illegally holding onto our brand names and not allowing us to tweet using such brandnames. More."
- 16:45 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Amazing how Nick O'Neill is growing unique visitors to allfacebook.com and socialtimes.com. http://bit.ly/81HpK - http://bit.ly/66AobQ"
Feb 02,2010
- 16:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Many do not realize that Mediabistro has a fast growing online course biz as well as On Demand Video library - we add about 10 vids weekly."
- 15:59 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our On Demand Video division is now offering a terrific new subscription plan. Deep discount over monthly price. http://bit.ly/I6FAZ"
- 15:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I do not own Google stock but have noticed it is down 100 points in about three weeks. Is Google getting to be a buy?"
- 15:31 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Registration is looking strong for our ThinkMobile show in April in NYC. http://bit.ly/14oBV . Day 2 is devoted to apps biz"
- 15:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Mediabistro.com job board continues to show big jumps. Over 1000 jobs posted for the first time in 13 months. Good news for media biz."
- 15:28 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Mediabistro job board has launched a new service called Scoop jobs-helps in "real time recruiting"-www.mediabistro.com."
Feb 01,2010
- 16:21 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@ilusoperdido interesting way of defining it. Second iteration will be more far reaching."
- 15:07 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Jason Boog is writing minute by minute reports on Macmillan -Amazon battle on eBook royalties. http://bit.ly/8GaK0a and www.galleycat.com."
Jan 31,2010
- 23:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We are looking for a top flight media industry pundit for a big project."
- 23:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Spent inordinate amount of time at LAX on TSA line. TSA really needs some observant and smart leadership. What a waste of taxpayer dollars."
- 23:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our Socialtimes http://bit.ly/9qOjCI is adding lots of social gaming and virtual goods content to go with our new tradeshows. Stay tuned."
- 23:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Gearing up for my China visit at month's end. Also going to Vietnam. Good to go to Vietnnam. I missed it during the war. I was a guardsman."
- 23:31 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "If you like theater then you must see Miller's View From the Bridge with Liev Schreber and Scarlett Johahsson. Fabulous two hours."
Jan 29,2010
- 15:43 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Nick O'Neill added more bloggers to Socialtimes.com http://bit.ly/66AobQ. Trraffic is jumping."
- 15:42 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "SocialGamingSummit 2010 website just launched http://bit.ly/9rRjM8 . New this year is a half-day workshop on 6 May. Conf and expo 7 May."
Jan 27,2010
- 21:05 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Last thought for today -at least for Twittter! Our job board http://bit.ly/I6FAZ is rocking with job posting growth. May it hold all year."
- 21:02 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Thinking more about MSFT--they have to be concerned about trends towards sphones and the tablet concept. They have no long term play."
- 21:01 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Just checked into SLS PStarck hotel in LA. Very cool but lost on me. I prefer the London West Hollywood."
- 21:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I think the iPAD kills off the netbook category down the road. All the netbook cos must be readying their copycats prototypes ."
- 20:59 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "iPad --- our blogger at baynewser.com http://bit.ly/cvFVe9- and from the distaff side wonders what woman think of the name? Good point!."
- 19:38 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Semantic web stuff reminds of leanring about the Internet in 1992 and 1993. Lots of doubters but beware. Biliions to be made."
- 19:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "SIRI presented at Web3. It has a killer semantic app for smartphones. Very impressive as was EVRI and Zemantra. Semantic apps coming."
- 19:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "IPAD and iPhone - wow! Will Google make a move in the tablet space to keep pace? I think so. MSFT is left in the dust for future."
- 19:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Just finished a successful Web3 soon to be SemanticWebSummit. Now in LA."
- 12:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our Web 3 show is doing well here in Santa Clara. Next iteration it will be called SemanticWebSummit."
- 12:15 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our new StoclkLogo site which is a new line of biz for us just launched today. Really neat operation. www.stocklogos.com."
- 12:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "RT @steven_newyork: Found a great site, Ads of the World, by @alanmeckler, a must visit for anyone in marketing. http://bit.ly/4RkOlp"
Jan 26,2010
- 04:39 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We will be launching a ugc logo biz. Fits in well with our Ads of the World and Brands of the World sites which have 4 million uniques"
- 04:37 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our Ads Of The World site continues robust readership growth. www.adsoftheworld.com."
- 04:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "A Google Alert today made me aware of another Alan Meckler. Weird to find this out after so many years of thinking there was but one!"
- 04:25 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our first major sponsorship was sold today for our Social Gaming Summit May 6-7 at SF Marriott. More coming. We will run out of space."
Jan 25,2010
- 21:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Just boarded flight to SF. Our Web 3.0 show is at the Santa Clara Hyatt tomorrow and Wednesday. Nice crowd coming."
Jan 24,2010
- 22:51 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Finally saw Avatar. Hats off to Cameron but to me it was Braveheart in 3D. Can't compare to something like the Hurt Locker for best film."
Jan 21,2010
Jan 20,2010
- 17:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We continue to see strength in our online job board. Bodes well for all in media."
- 17:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@steven_newyork Good adjunct revenue. Building a good online readership can lead to selling others goods and services."
- 14:41 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "NYT charging online is a reasonable and modest change. Might work well."
Jan 19,2010
- 16:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We have another new tradeshow with Charles Hudson - FreemiumSummit. Www.freemiumsummit.com"
- 16:13 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "RT @chudson: 7th great speaker for the freemium summit - ranjith kumaran of yousendit (@ranjithkumaran): http://bit.ly/66isKH #freemium"
- 15:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "RT @allnick: New blog post: Twitter Coming To Your Valentine's Day Candy http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/01/twitter-valentines-day/"
- 14:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We are on the prowl again for more blogs and related media properties that fit with our coverage of media and social networking."
- 14:13 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Needless to say I am back from Buenos Airs and Punta del Este. Wonderful spots. Really neat place - Jose Ignacio in Uruguay!"
- 14:12 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Allfacebook.com and socialtimes.com are getting big jumps in traffic since we bought them. Mostly because of Nick O and his writers."
- 14:11 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "http://bit.ly/81HpK and http://bit.ly/66AobQ have now added several new bloggers in addition to the incomparable Nick O'Neill. More..."
- 13:55 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Time acquires StyleFeeder -yet another indication that traditional media cos. will break the bank buying online media properties."
- 13:55 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Meant to type last tweet ---- virtual goods summit."
- 13:09 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Read Edward Luttwak in WSJ today about how scanners do nothing to prevent airplane bombings. Huge waste of money and time."
- 13:08 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Mike Snider story in USA Today about virtual goods. $1 billion industry and growing. And we have the #1 tradeshow -Virtual Good Summit."
Jan 14,2010
- 15:41 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our MediaJobsDaily at Mediabistro just posted unique research we have done on the media job market for 2009 based on our stats."
- 15:39 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We will soon be adding more posts and writers to our mobile content today blog. www.mobilecontenttoday.com."
- 15:38 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I finally traveled on an American Airlines plane that did not look like a hellhole. JFK to Buenos Aires."
- 15:37 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Over the next 15 months we could be doing, with iterations, about 12 tradeshows in the social media space. EandW coasts, Germany, UK, China"
- 15:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I hope to announce dates for our first tradeshows with Charles Hudson in Germany and England. Should have dates in three weeks or less."
- 15:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our Mediabistro job board continues to be show growth for January. This could turn the other way, but for now very positive."
- 15:34 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I am in Buenos Aires for two days. I was last here for Internet World, the tradeshow, back in 1996!"
Jan 13,2010
- 12:57 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "RT @chudson: second speaker for the freemium summit - matt brezina, xobni (@brezina): http://bit.ly/66isKH #freemium #xobni"
- 12:56 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@shawnrubel many thanks."
Jan 12,2010
- 18:49 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Since we purchased allfacebook.com 5 weeks ago we have added an additional 100000 unique visitors! www.allfacebook.com."
Jan 11,2010
- 16:55 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We had a solid week of job postings on our job board last week. Hope it holds for us and of course for the economy. www.mediabistro,com."
- 16:51 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our GalleyCat blog http://bit.ly/2dxDtf is launching its book review section on the 25th. We will fill part of the void from Kirkus."
Jan 10,2010
- 20:45 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our stock WEBM has had a big jump at the end of 09 and into 2010. No guarantees from me on results but we have some mojo going now."
- 20:44 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I will be in Shanghai on 23-25 February. Happy to meet with anyone interested. I have a few meetings but should have time for others."
- 20:42 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I continue to believe that SemanticWeb is going to be big thus the tradeshow, the blog, and the new research biz."
- 20:42 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our new SemanticResearch service is live. The first report will be available at the Web 3.0 show in late January. Www.semanticweb.com."
- 20:41 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Cisco is now exhibiting at our Web 3.0 Conference dealing with the semantic web. www.web3event.com."
Jan 06,2010
- 23:06 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Great NYC-Brooklyn evening. Pizza at Grimaldis. Noel Coward play Brief Encounter and sitting a few seats from Liam Neeson!"
Jan 05,2010
- 14:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@Jason @Jason Tradeshow war Jason."
- 14:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@pattiedesign Bono should bypass lables and sell directly."
- 14:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Google's NexusOne sphone will be huge winner. Google is changing the parameters of the cellphone biz. Fun ahead on Apple v. Google."
- 12:54 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@pattiedesign It is going to happen anyway. Therefore join the revolution and turn it into a profit center."
- 12:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I fly a lot. Cannot believe that Grandmas and kids are frisked. We need common sense with the TSA."
- 12:31 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Don Carty of Virgin America today on Morning Joe stating correctly that TSA needs to drop political correctness in its approach. Amen!"
- 12:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@pattiedesign Bono is a cry baby. The Internet will make him richer. One day he will bypass intermediaries and get all the money!"
- 12:29 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I sold my Kindle on eBay last month. I am gearing up for Apple tablet."
- 12:27 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Levin-Case...Amazing nobody brought this up during the interview! Everyone thought that AOL would continue to ad subscribers."
- 12:26 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Levin-Case...Everyone back then including these fellows did not see that the AOL subscription model was flawed. Amazing...more"
- 12:25 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Great interview on CNBC with Levin and Case on AOl-TimeWarner merger of 2000. Levin is frank and takes the blame. Big thing missed..more."
Jan 04,2010
- 16:51 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@cafzali Good point however you forget we put in term limits for the Pres."
- 16:51 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@tylerwillis Thanks! total agreement."
- 16:38 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "term limits...Senate should be two terms (12 years) and House should be three terms (6 years). Career pols feel entitled to wasting money."
- 16:38 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "term limits....Career pols spend their days working on getting re-elected instead of doing what is best for the country. More..."
- 16:37 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "term limits....Founding Fathers never thought there would be career pols. They would be appalled. Career pols are wrecking America. More."
- 16:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Jimmy Breslin in NYTimes yesterday calling for term limits in NYState legislature. We need this in the US Congress big time. More..."
- 16:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@HottTrends Not many around who remember my days in library tech publishing. And before that microfiche and microfilm!"
- 16:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "More on Tood--- http://bit.ly/7I7fjA"
- 16:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "If you love sphone apps you have to read our mobilecontenttoday.com by Todd Ogassawara. Nobody is better than Todd."
Jan 03,2010
- 22:40 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Charles Hudson will continue to be a consultant to us for his tradeshows. Charles and Nick O'Neill with us is a great combination!"
- 22:21 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "David Carr in NYTimes today on Twitter. Says Twitter is for real and very important communications tool. Agreed!"
- 22:20 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Tomorrow at 7am we release news that we bought Charles Hudson's three tradeshows dealing with social gaming, virtual goods and igames."
- 22:19 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@pattiedesign Works for me."
Jan 01,2010
Dec 29,2009
- 21:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our Ads of the World.com http://bit.ly/Bz7kv is #1 http://bit.ly/Mtc2n. Nice to see us recognized on Ad Age! Great work editor Ivan Raszl."
Dec 23,2009
- 17:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We just launched a logo award contest (a new business unit). http://bit.ly/6yXwZI. Fits in well with various creative and branding sites."
Dec 22,2009
- 13:43 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "As mentioned am flying to West Coast today -- Just noticed my seatmate is using Twitter as I am tweeting. Wow!"
- 13:42 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Afghanistan -- the lesson is that we will win the battles but we cannot defend the victories. Seems like we would need 500,000 troops."
- 13:41 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Really good article in Ft by Rodric Braithwaite on why England, Russia and now the USA will fail in Afghanistan. The lesson is...more"
- 13:40 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Joseph Menn in FT today on the big future for mobile apps and games. Interesting that former head of Elec. Arts lett to start apps company."
- 13:39 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "More--Carr NYTimes--As stated previously the next big wave of media acquistions will be blog networks. Large multiples coming."
- 13:38 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Good article in NYTimes today by David Carr on how blogs etc are part of the evolution of media. Of course I have been preaching this -more"
Dec 21,2009
- 22:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I would fly JetBlue but no WiFi. What is wrong with them?"
- 22:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Tomorrow is a travel day. However WiFi will keep me in the loop at 30,000 feet. During Xmas WiFi is free from Google."
- 22:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Burning the midnight oil on another deal. Hope to close next week."
- 22:29 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Just saw Invictus. Morgan Freeman is terrific as Nelson Mandela. Definitely a good movie."
- 14:30 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Testing"
Dec 17,2009
- 22:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We are seeing a continued pick up in job postings on our job board at mediabistro. http://bit.ly/I6FAZ. Hope this is a good omen for all."
- 22:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I will be on the west coast for a few days next week. SF, LA and more."
- 22:13 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Anyone having blackberry troubles today with email? I have had zippo. Very hard to tolerate."
- 22:11 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Working hard on another deal. Hope to get it done last week of December. No guarantees, but am hopeful."
- 22:11 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our eBookSummit got great reviews. We will announced a June west coast version shortly. www.ebookevent.com."
- 22:10 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Nick O'Neill of allfacebook.com and socialtimes.com will be rolling out lots of new features. http://bit.ly/81HpK, www.socialtimes.com"
Dec 15,2009
- 12:48 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I had mentioned another possible deal for WEBM this month. We are trying to get it done."
- 12:47 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Odd article in WSJ today by Martin Peers questioning Google's sphone plans. Peers sees trouble. I totally disagree. Big upside."
- 12:46 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our eBook Summit is playing to a fullhouse. Great speakers. Lots of reports too #ebooksummit."
Dec 14,2009
- 16:46 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@steven_newyork I think Palm is toast. RIM should be able to survive. Microsoft should buy it if they want to be a player."
- 10:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@steven_newyork WinMobile is DOA. Google will vie with Apple for leadership. I have no numbers expertise here."
- 09:50 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "MORE-Smartphones. Bet the ranch that Google has a whole new life in the smartphone market and all its trappings."
- 09:48 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "MORE - Apple will be fine but Microsoft has to be very concerned. Note too Dell has started a mobile division (too late). MORE."
- 09:48 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "MORE-Google - Google understands that the PC is no longer where the money is. The future is sphones. This means big problems for Microsoft"
- 09:47 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I have been saying for a while that Google's value is understated because of their upside in smartphones. Their latest news -more."
Dec 13,2009
- 14:41 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Kyle Smith in NYPost today on HuffPo. Illustrates how much of the content is "e-tabloid" rather than "e-current events." Quite a read."
- 14:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Motoko Rich in NYTimes today on eBook rights for back list titles. Big issue. More on this at our show this week -www.ebooksevent.com."
Dec 11,2009
- 15:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@TomUnisphere Thanks for verification. They are fortunate there were fools out there to pay so much for the magazines."
- 14:58 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "AOL -More -- AOL has the assets to become hugely rich and powerful. Yahoo and AOL will become soul mates. The biz models are the same."
- 14:57 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "New AOL is neat. AOL is already a powerful media portal. It is, in a way, what a HuffPo or Daily Beast want to be. More..."
Dec 10,2009
- 23:20 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Cannot say enough about how well things are going for our new show ---eBookSummit http://bit.ly/8TjB4T. Show will make give us pos news."
- 23:18 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I see L Murdoch chose not to participate in buy of other Nielsen mags. Smart man. Group that bought these is doomed."
- 23:17 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "More -Editor&Publisher --- A real shame too because jobs were lost that could have been saved. Strange management."
- 23:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Editor&Publisher MORE---I think the Nielsen foiks did not want us to have it over at Mediabistro. What other reason could there be? More."
- 23:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I was quoted accurately today that I was prepared to continue publishing Editor&Publisher but was brushed aside by Nielsen. More..."
- 23:15 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Social Times -more --- deal also brings us a solid online education biz and a thriving tradeshow - Social Ad Summit."
- 23:14 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I promised an acquisition and we announced today --- we bought Social Times Inc. http://bit.ly/81HpK is a key blog here. More..."
- 23:13 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "AOL trading today reminds me of predicting in 1998 to Alan Braverman (analyst at Montgomery) that AOL would fall due to biz model."
- 17:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We are extending our lead in semantic web by launching semantic web research. http://bit.ly/57onqC tresearch/. http://bit.ly/61ieu5"
- 12:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Hilarious to read that Simon-Schuster is dealying by 4 months ebook editions of certain new titles. SS - you cannot fight the tide!"
- 12:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our eBook Summit is going to be big. Lots of registrations this week and big press interest. www.ebooksevent.com"
Dec 09,2009
- 16:43 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@scooterodell We have these career pols who have no interest in doing the right thing - only in doing what gets them re-elected."
- 16:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Sarbanes and Oxley should live in infamy for this knee-jerk legislation created on the fly after Enron."
- 16:34 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "More Sarbox - this act has not done one good thing for the USA. It has drained investment. It did nothing to prevent the Great Recession."
- 16:33 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Followers might know I think Sarbanes-Oxley a disaster. The Supreme Court is hearing a case about Sarbox being unconstitutional. More..."
- 16:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Hate to talk politics but the USA needs term limits so we can get rid of bozo lifetime pols who do stupid things a la Sen. Baucus."
- 16:23 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Joseph Menn in FT yesterday on the idea that ebook readers badly in need of a color reader."
Dec 08,2009
- 11:53 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "eBookNewswer http://bit.ly/4M1Htn- is a companion to our GalleyCat blog - http://bit.ly/2dxDtf. And of course relates to our eBook Summit."
- 11:52 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We have launced a new blog devoted to eBooks. Check eBookNewser - http://bit.ly/8GaK0a."
Dec 07,2009
- 10:02 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Dell creating a new mobile division shows that mobile is the microcomputer of the 80s and 90s. The opportunities in mobile are beyond huge."
- 10:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Reading about The Atlantic and Kindle makes our eBook Summit that much more relevant. Show is Dec 15-16. www.ebooksevent.com"
- 10:00 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "The Atlantic selling short stories on Kindle shows how eBook machines and sPhones have a big biz ahead of them for content buys. Very big."
- 09:58 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Apple purchase of Lala shows how all biz models can change rapidly. Apple sees danger of the Cloud for music v. iTunes. Be paranoid."
Dec 04,2009
- 15:07 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@pattiedesign Not sure what you mean. We sold off our tech assets and are concentrating on our media and creative coverage."
- 15:06 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "CNBC today profile eLance. Our new FreelanceConnect is looking like a good investment for us. Www.freelanceconnect.com."
- 15:05 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our present platform plus coming deals will make us one of the more exciting blog networks in the BtoB space."
- 15:04 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We hope to close an acquisition late next week or early the next. And perhaps another by month end. Both exciting. More..."
Dec 02,2009
Dec 01,2009
- 21:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We completed our deal to sell the Internet.com assets yersterday. There is a good chance we will have some acquisition news this month."
Nov 27,2009
- 14:01 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Prediction: Bloomberg will run as independent for president in 2012 agt Obama if Palin gets nominated."
Nov 25,2009
- 12:37 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Gearing up here for the sale of Internet.com on Monday. Get ready for a very exciting WebMediaBrands going forward."
- 12:36 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Have to hand it to Jason Calacanis for seeing the blog network model as the future of publishing. Well done Jason!"
- 12:35 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Google-NewsCorp..The Internet world is just too big for one or even a few orgs making a difference."
- 12:34 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I do not believe Google will be impacted at all should News Corp pull content from Google. More..."
- 12:32 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Julie Jargon in WSJ yesterday on Domino's fabulous website and ordering system. A must read."
Nov 20,2009
- 16:07 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "QuinStreet which is buying our Internet.com assets filed a S-1 registration today. Solid numbers. A good home for Internet.com!"
- 16:06 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our new Liquid Treat newsletter does for designers and creatives what The Daily Candy does for shoppers. http://bit.ly/8vbCVL."
- 16:05 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Henry Blodgett write's a great piece today in www.siliconalleyinsider on attack made on him by Felix Salmon."
Nov 18,2009
- 22:12 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We will soon be launching a new service of interviews with media personalities. Stay tuned."
- 22:11 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Loved the NYTimes article today on smartphones as ebook readers. In time sphones will be a big platform for reading ebooks."
- 22:09 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our new freelance connect service is starting to get tractions. Www.freelanceconnect.com"
- 22:08 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Twiiter is amazing. I tweeted about wanting to find a block of WEBM stock. The tweet got results!"
- 22:08 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Jenny Zaino has a great piece on our semanticweb.com on an Italian auto site using semantic software for results. www.semanticweb.com"
Nov 17,2009
- 11:21 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Our eBookSummit is attracting solid paid registration. Looks to be a winner. Www.ebooksevent.com."
- 11:20 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We are gearing up for an acquisition. Of course no guarantees that a deal can be completed. But we are trying."
- 11:19 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I do not see how Palm can survive regardless of new features or pricing. DROID will pick up momentum. iPhone,Droid and Rim are players."
- 11:16 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "@jmanasse we sold 90% of our operations. That is why the numbers are meaningless. Essentially we are a new company."
Nov 16,2009
- 10:34 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I bought 25000 more of our WebMediaBrands shares on Friday. Ready to buy more. Anyone wants to sell a big position let me know?"
Nov 13,2009
- 00:49 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "RT @Mediabistro: Cha-ching! The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs In America http://bit.ly/2Mg07Z. Mediabistro should be included."
- 00:48 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "If you like MAD MEN make sure to watch SNL this Saturday. January Jones is the guest host."
- 00:47 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "I am on the board of http://bit.ly/1kKpM9. This is one hot company. Incredible revenue growth. Great management team."
- 00:46 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Paid Content commented on our financials but missed the point that comparisons to last year a meaningless. Start watching 1st QTR 2010."
- 00:45 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "We issued our financials for the third quarter late yesterday. Things are looking better for us. Ad sales are strong. Job board too."
- 00:44 - Alan Meckler tweeted, "Seeing more Droid phones around. Users are thrilled with them. This will be big."
