DISQUS

Fraser · 1 year ago

Gary's wrong. Facebook, Twitter, Myspace.... they aren't strategies. They're simple tools that can be leveraged to fulfill a strategy.

The classic story of Web 2.0 success has been: 1) scale attention and engagement; 2) back into a business model.

In this sense you can call Stern the King of All (New) Media.

He's been using so-called new media tools - user-generated content, microchunking, focusing on the long-tail, ... - for decades (here's a blog post on this http://bit.ly/tFzx ).

He's aggregated up an insane amount of attention and engagement and has found a business model that doesn't rely on shilling t-shirts (Stern listeners will be familiar with his constant flaming of stars who monetize their audience through the hawking of shirts and other knick-knacks).

He's killing it.

mathewi · 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment, Fraser. Updated the post with your link. You make a pretty good case.

Mauricio Pina · 12 months ago

Don't listen to the hater!

Scott Prock · 9 months ago

Stern is all about the shock and awe ... this could have been his way to drum up a lot of negative attention. It wouldn't be the first time he's done that ;-)

... Scott