Magid in the Press

As a recognized thought leader in media, marketing, and communications, Frank N. Magid Associates is frequently sought after to share our unique insights and perspective with major US and international news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Silicon Alley Insider, Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, The Los Angeles Times, MediaPost, and United Press International, among other news sources.

Metacafe Morphs into Entertainment Network for M.E.N.
Monday, January 16, 2012

Metacafe, a website that specializes in short-form video entertainment in the categories of movies, video games, sports, music, and TV, has morphed into the Metacafe Entertainment Network, or M.E.N.

To meet growing demand for premium short-form video content Metacafe introduced M.E.N. back on Sept. 29, 2011. It’s a collection of owned-and-operated sites and preferred publisher partners that represent an online entertainment network for young men.

Search Engine Network
Gaikai Predicts Death Of Game Consoles
Friday, January 13, 2012

What would happen if one of the big three console manufacturers dropped out of the console race?

That is what was hinted at CES this week when Nanea Reeves, CPO of Gaikai, predicted that one of the current console makers would be making a next generation device. Gaikai is a cloud-based gaming company that streams full games to web browsers.

WebProNews
Wooga's Diamond Dash Game Rides Social Mobile Wave
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

More than 10 million Facebook users play glitzy Diamond Dash each month, according to developer Wooga, making it one of the most popular games on the social networking site.

Now the game, which requires tapping on as many groups of gems of the same colour as possible within 60 seconds to accumulate points, is also available on iPhone and iPad, as part of an increasing trend to make social games mobile.

CNBC - Money Control
Olympics Rings, Politicians' Slings, Automotive Bling
Monday, January 2, 2012

Even the glass-quarter-full crowd would have to concede: 2012 represents a pretty darn good time to be in the local television business. The three biggest factors in how the year plays out for stations are, of course, political advertising, more political advertising, and then even more political advertising. It’s all you can eat, followed by dessert and a rare digestif -- with the pols picking up the tab.

Pol Position

Broadcasting & Cable