Hulu in ’11: $420MM revenue, 1.5M paying subscribers
Hulu made $420 million in 2011, and is expected to pay $500 million to rights holders this year alone. The service now has 1.5 million paying subscribers, and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar projects that Plus will account for more than half of Hulu's revenue this year.
Crowdsourcing for Conferences:Pros & Cons
You’ve got a ballroom, VIP badges, t-shirts emblazoned with sponsors, a distinctly clever and useful Twitter hashtag, and even check-in locations for your Foursquare-loving visitors. By all accounts, you’ve got everything you need for your big industry conference. However, there’s one thing missing from this picture: content. And that is exactly where all of those...
The best Facebook advertising you can’t buy
Before Jimmer, the “Mexican” restaurant Café Rio held (and still holds) a special place in the heart of many current and former Jello-O Belt residents, and for good reason since it beat Chipotle, In-N-Out Burger, Chick-fil-A, and Pei Wei for the best Quick Service Restaurant in 2011. Today, the restaurant is opening a new location...
The Obama Site Wasn’t Always the Obama Site
Barack Obama’s 2008 web program is widely regarded as the most successful online campaign that has ever been run. And the campaign site design is probably the most ripped off in history as well. People forget that the Obama campaign didn’t nail their site design right out of the gate. It took them a while...
Hyper-Local Blogging in the District of Columbia
Several months ago on our ImpactWatch blog, we profiled a number of our favorite local blogs that chronicle and life and times of living inside the District of Columbia. A little bit of time has passed, some conferences were attended, and now the Bivings Report is proud to bring you a more comprehensive (and awesome)...
