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<updated>2010-01-12T21:14:14Z</updated>
<subtitle>Internet media commentary by WebMediaBrands CEO.</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Catch My Tweets!</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57673</id>

<published>2009-04-01T21:04:12Z</published>
<updated>2010-01-12T21:14:14Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[I am now a Twitter man.&nbsp; @alanmeckler or www.twitter.com/alanmeckler/.&nbsp; I started blogging in February 2003.&nbsp; I was early to the game.&nbsp; I am not abandoing this blog.&nbsp; From time to time I will post lengthier thoughts, but I will be...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[I am now a Twitter man.&nbsp; @alanmeckler or www.twitter.com/alanmeckler/.&nbsp; I started blogging in February 2003.&nbsp; I was early to the game.&nbsp; I am not abandoing this blog.&nbsp; From time to time I will post lengthier thoughts, but I will be...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Facebook Needs Financing</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57646</id>

<published>2009-03-27T12:23:35Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-27T12:32:13Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Facebook continues to grow at prodigious rates.&nbsp; Of course this is traffic growth and not revenue growth.&nbsp; Business Week has an interesting analysis&nbsp;about Facebook's money needs.&nbsp; The main requirement for the financing is to cover servers and related tech to...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[Facebook continues to grow at prodigious rates.&nbsp; Of course this is traffic growth and not revenue growth.&nbsp; Business Week has an interesting analysis&nbsp;about Facebook's money needs.&nbsp; The main requirement for the financing is to cover servers and related tech to...]]>

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</entry>

<entry>
<title>Pure Digital Is Pure Joy!</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57562</id>

<published>2009-03-23T19:52:02Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-23T19:58:56Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Cisco's purchase of the Flip line of camcorders from Pure Digital Technology Inc. was great reading.&nbsp; At a time when all seems down and out in the tech and financial worlds this deal shows that ingenuity is alive and well...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[Cisco's purchase of the Flip line of camcorders from Pure Digital Technology Inc. was great reading.&nbsp; At a time when all seems down and out in the tech and financial worlds this deal shows that ingenuity is alive and well...]]>

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</entry>

<entry>
<title>More Stock Purchased</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57541</id>

<published>2009-03-19T21:32:21Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-19T22:01:50Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[I purchased another 1.9 million shares of WebMediaBrands earlier this week.&nbsp; I have purchased over 3 million of our shares since early December and hope to buy more.&nbsp; Now that we have sold our image business I feel we have...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<category term="economiccrisis" label="Economic Crisis" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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<![CDATA[I purchased another 1.9 million shares of WebMediaBrands earlier this week.&nbsp; I have purchased over 3 million of our shares since early December and hope to buy more.&nbsp; Now that we have sold our image business I feel we have...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Tim Armstrong, AOL And A Bit Of History</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57518</id>

<published>2009-03-17T01:40:34Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-17T02:00:25Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[We all know that Tim Armstrong is now CEO of AOL.&nbsp; I do not know Tim.&nbsp; I am sure he is extremenly bright and of course has a great track record at Google.&nbsp; Tim did a great job at Google,...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[We all know that Tim Armstrong is now CEO of AOL.&nbsp; I do not know Tim.&nbsp; I am sure he is extremenly bright and of course has a great track record at Google.&nbsp; Tim did a great job at Google,...]]>

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</entry>

<entry>
<title>The New York Times&apos; Future</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57507</id>

<published>2009-03-13T19:23:55Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-13T19:31:57Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Much is being written about the future of daily newspapers.&nbsp; Dailies in many cities are failing on a regular basis.&nbsp; I just read about the main daily in Tucson&nbsp;possibly closing after 138 years of&nbsp;publishing.&nbsp; So what about The New York...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[Much is being written about the future of daily newspapers.&nbsp; Dailies in many cities are failing on a regular basis.&nbsp; I just read about the main daily in Tucson&nbsp;possibly closing after 138 years of&nbsp;publishing.&nbsp; So what about The New York...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Kindle&apos;s Big Flaw</title>
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<published>2009-03-13T15:03:03Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-13T15:09:27Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[All the pundits are in love with the Kindle!&nbsp; I too love the Kindle.&nbsp; I have the original edition and find it handy for travel.&nbsp; I will probably spring for the new version and sell my present Kindle on eBay....]]></summary>
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<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[All the pundits are in love with the Kindle!&nbsp; I too love the Kindle.&nbsp; I have the original edition and find it handy for travel.&nbsp; I will probably spring for the new version and sell my present Kindle on eBay....]]>

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<entry>
<title>Thoughts From A Sale</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57498</id>

<published>2009-03-12T19:19:31Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-12T19:41:59Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Most readers of this blog know that our company recently sold its Jupiterimages division.&nbsp; We were in the image business for nearly 6 years.&nbsp; I will not bore readers with the details of the history or the highs and lows.&nbsp;...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[Most readers of this blog know that our company recently sold its Jupiterimages division.&nbsp; We were in the image business for nearly 6 years.&nbsp; I will not bore readers with the details of the history or the highs and lows.&nbsp;...]]>

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<entry>
<title>TV Newser Summit </title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57488</id>

<published>2009-03-10T19:04:13Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-10T19:14:18Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Our first TV Newser Summit is off to a brillant start in New York City today.&nbsp; This Mediabistro event is the first of many future TV Newser events.&nbsp; The show is based on our widely read blog -&nbsp;TV Newser&nbsp;(which has...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[Our first TV Newser Summit is off to a brillant start in New York City today.&nbsp; This Mediabistro event is the first of many future TV Newser events.&nbsp; The show is based on our widely read blog -&nbsp;TV Newser&nbsp;(which has...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Yahoo Finance Has Customer Service Problems</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57487</id>

<published>2009-03-10T18:56:35Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-10T19:03:54Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Yahoo Finance has significant customer service problems.&nbsp; Many readers know that my company is public.&nbsp; We have a rotten stock price.&nbsp; Regardless, if WebMediaBrands (WEBM) is going to be listed and covered on Yahoo Finance one would think that Yahoo...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[Yahoo Finance has significant customer service problems.&nbsp; Many readers know that my company is public.&nbsp; We have a rotten stock price.&nbsp; Regardless, if WebMediaBrands (WEBM) is going to be listed and covered on Yahoo Finance one would think that Yahoo...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Corbis Does Not Get It</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57475</id>

<published>2009-03-06T21:26:40Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-06T21:38:51Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[This will probably be my last post having anything to do with the stock photo industry.&nbsp; In fact I have my surprised myself that I am writing this entry.&nbsp; However I could not resist mentioning a mailing I received today...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[This will probably be my last post having anything to do with the stock photo industry.&nbsp; In fact I have my surprised myself that I am writing this entry.&nbsp; However I could not resist mentioning a mailing I received today...]]>

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<entry>
<title>Firings: A Publicity Gold Mine</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57464</id>

<published>2009-03-05T05:48:03Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-05T06:00:34Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[Our new company name is fast becoming known.&nbsp; WebMediaBrands was born a week ago and we have gotten lots of press.&nbsp; Unfortunately the press comes because of the employees we let go earlier this week.&nbsp; Obviously the media business is...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[Our new company name is fast becoming known.&nbsp; WebMediaBrands was born a week ago and we have gotten lots of press.&nbsp; Unfortunately the press comes because of the employees we let go earlier this week.&nbsp; Obviously the media business is...]]>

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</entry>

<entry>
<title>Tough Times, Tough Decisions</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57463</id>

<published>2009-03-05T03:43:12Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-05T04:13:43Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[The word is getting out in the blog world that we laid off 60 people yesterday.&nbsp; Some bloggers seem to get joy in telling the story which is a pity.&nbsp; These are rough and tough times.&nbsp; Even Eric Schmidt, CEO...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

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<![CDATA[The word is getting out in the blog world that we laid off 60 people yesterday.&nbsp; Some bloggers seem to get joy in telling the story which is a pity.&nbsp; These are rough and tough times.&nbsp; Even Eric Schmidt, CEO...]]>

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</entry>

<entry>
<title>Media Job Daily Launched</title>
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<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57454</id>

<published>2009-03-03T18:17:10Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-03T18:29:33Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[The economic news becomes worse daily.&nbsp; I cannot believe how inept the new Obama administration has been on handling the situation.&nbsp; They had a great opportunity to come out guns blazing and give the country confidence.&nbsp; Instead we are getting...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>

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<![CDATA[The economic news becomes worse daily.&nbsp; I cannot believe how inept the new Obama administration has been on handling the situation.&nbsp; They had a great opportunity to come out guns blazing and give the country confidence.&nbsp; Instead we are getting...]]>

</content>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>Wall Street Journal Publishes Meckler Letter To The Editor</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alanmecklerblog.com/meckler/2009/02/wall-street-journal-publishes.html" />
<id>tag:alanmecklerblog.com,2009:/meckler//2.57417</id>

<published>2009-02-27T04:15:31Z</published>
<updated>2009-02-27T04:19:07Z</updated>

<summary><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal print edition today&nbsp;was kind enough today&nbsp;to publish a letter I submitted in response to L. Gordon Crovitz's Op-Ed piece earlier this week.&nbsp; My letter follows: &nbsp; L. Gordon Crovitz referenced me&nbsp;&nbsp;as the "chairman of Internet.com" in...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Alan Meckler</name>

</author>


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<![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal print edition today&nbsp;was kind enough today&nbsp;to publish a letter I submitted in response to L. Gordon Crovitz's Op-Ed piece earlier this week.&nbsp; My letter follows: &nbsp; L. Gordon Crovitz referenced me&nbsp;&nbsp;as the "chairman of Internet.com" in...]]>

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