Author Archives: richullman

The Home page’s place in online media and journalism

Posted on January 19, 2013

This morning, I commented on the Columbia Journalism Review in response to a post about the home page being dead. The author, Ann Friedman, said, “Yes and no.” Since she covered “yes,” I felt compelled to cover, “no.” I was … Continue reading →

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Are there gas lines at the South Pole?

Posted on November 4, 2012

I have this anecdote that I’ve told people for the last 2 years or more. It goes something like this: Today, if I have an iPhone or Android, device, it doesn’t really matter where I am, because I have everything … Continue reading →

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Pushing Boundaries: How the Game Has Changed in Online Content

Posted on October 11, 2012

There’s a whole bunch of reasons why things have changed in the content business, but I think this is the most important right now. This quote is from an article I just read in AdAge about Business Insider’s new revenue … Continue reading →

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Is All of Your Business None of Your Business?

Posted on October 10, 2012

Bang Bang Bang. The first three things I saw or read this morning were all about privacy and the coming war over information, big data, tracking, and digital life. If you haven’t thought there is a coming war battle over how other … Continue reading →

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All The Perspective that’s Fit to Print

Posted on October 8, 2012

So much for unbiased, huh? For several years now, I’ve used the saying, “News is a commodity. Perspective is not.” It has been my way of explaining why most general news outlets have struggling businesses and those that are filled … Continue reading →

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Inspiration & Adaptation. Adaptive & Adoptive.

Posted on April 19, 2012

Years ago, one of my mentors preached the importance of being adaptive and adoptive.  By that he meant (or at least this is my take), a. don’t be so caught up in yourself that your unable to change your ways.  … Continue reading →

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Startup MarketingSchool (#sumktg)

Posted on October 19, 2011

Tonight, I’m running the second installment of something called Startup Marketing School in NYC. It’s something that was inspired by this blog post from Charlie O’Donnell and the subsequent conversations that he and I had about the topic.  He should … Continue reading →

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Democracy, Bubbles and the Real time Internet

Posted on August 3, 2011

I have a friend in the news business who had the pleasure (is that the right word?) of covering the whole Debt Ceiling Crisis from Washington over the past week.  Instead of broadcasting from a studio in NY like he … Continue reading →

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Fragmentation and Building a Marketing Machine

Posted on July 27, 2011

This morning, I read a very solid blog post from Charlie O’Donnell about building a marketing machine in a start-up.  Charlie is a very well-known name in NYC Tech circles, and although I don’t know him personally, he has one … Continue reading →

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Real-time Content: Beware of Breaking News.

Posted on July 25, 2011

There’s always breaking news out there somewhere.  But the question has increasingly become, “Is it really important to me?”  More often than not, we’re becoming numb to it.  One man’s breaking news is another man’s, “Who gives a damn?” Some … Continue reading →

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