Word around the smoke pit is that Yahoo is launching a global search for the No. 2 to newly minted CEO Marissa Mayer. Your favorite web series news and analysis site WSN loves to help, so we are throwing our hat into the conversation to help Yahoo! find their numero dos…

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"With YouTube and the platforms on the Internet, they're in every country and on every device. It means we are instantly global," Machinima Inc. Chief Executive Allen DeBevoise said.…

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Dreamworks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg says too many 3D movies in the marketplace has been more show than substance, thus betraying the consumer.

 

In a recent exclusive…

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As you may know, I’m the co-host of the weekly #WebSeriesChat on Twitter and each week we chat about the business of “web series” in 140 characters.

 

There seems to be a recurring theme in the chat which is somewhat due to new creators finding our weekly chat and some of the regulars still not figuring out all the pieces. So, I…

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CEO of Web TV Network Jim Louderback opens up to Reel SEO on the network's audience development strategy, business model, distribution, integrating brands into content, and more. "I don't care where our shows are watched, as long they are watched," said Louderback. Check out the clip…

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Mingle Media TV CEO Stephanie Piche on The Rich Mbariket Show.



Speaks on monetizing, sponsorships, crowd-funding campaigns, having a business plan, connecting with your audience, and much more!



The Rich Mbariket Show is a web series interview podcast produced and hosted by Rich Mbariket, where he interviews web series creators and movers and shakers in the web series industry for streaming online.



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"We are now primarily a streaming video company delivering a wide selection of TV shows and films over the Internet" Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on beefing up online biz, saving money on shipping costs, and weaning itself from its original DVD-by-mail operations via Variety.com.

Daisy Whitney of New Media Minute caught up with VendrTV CEO Daniel Delaney. He speaks on how to monetize web video. "Don't be broad, be very niche," says Delaney.

He also talks about the game of cat and mouse that happens in monetizing web content. "You can't get an audience to monetize until you make the content, but you need the money to make the content, and you can't make the money without the audience. It's cyclical."

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Lance Podell has stepped down as CEO of Next New Networks, it was announced Thursday on the company's blog to staffers, citing "personal reasons."



Podell was instrumental in establishing NNN worldwide as one of the most far-reaching Web TV networks.



NNN's co-founder and current Chairman, Fred Seibert, will replace Podell, who will continue to play a significant role as their… Continue

EWeek.com Reports:



Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Google TV is on track for a fall release, offering a digital TV platform geared to rival Apple TV.



Google TV is an ambitious effort to let users turn their televisions into computers. The service, based on Google's Android operating system will let users navigate between channels,Websites and Web… Continue

"What we're seeing is by creating all these different options, we're bringing our work to new audiences." "As you think about people who are the heaviest users of online content, they do tend to be younger. A lot of people come to us through search. Part of the reason our ratings are up is that we are bringing in a large audience. Our online audience continues to grow. I think those are all complimentary activities and not cannibalistic."

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PaidContent.org interviewed Lance Podell, CEO of Next New Networks, a leading web series distribution network that celebrated its one-billionth page views in July.



Podell talks about the significance of crossing the 1 billion benchmark, and strangely, the struggles of getting sponsors to invest in online content.



To read the interview, head to… Continue