After GigaOm, The Non-VC “SimCity” Approach To Growing A Media Business — Medium

Traffic jam in SimCity (Photo credit: SimCity) After GigaOm, The Non-VC “SimCity” Approach To Growing A Media Business I can’t speak with any authority about why GigaOm suddenly ran out of money. But I’ve already seen the rumblings about what it may mean for other tech and vertical publications. Are they also likely in trouble?…

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“Goodnight, Sweetheart”: Pioneering Tech Blog Gigaom Closes Down | Re/code

According to a spate of tweets from its staffers and also confirmation from sources, iconic tech blog Gigaom is closing down. I reached out to the online publication’s high-profile creator Om Malik and he declined comment for the present. “Not now dude,” he texted me. Well, then, for now, here’s what I could glean: The…

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New Media Disrupted: GigaOm Web Sites Suddenly Stop Publishing -SVW

New Media Disrupted: GigaOm Web Sites Suddenly Stop Publishing Posted by Tom Foremski – March 9, 2015 Above, at the recent Crunchies Awards, Om Malik (right) is told by Mike Arrington, founder of news site Techcrunch, that there’s far more money in investing in startups than there is in publishing. The management of GigaOm, the…

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