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David Fucking Spark. I get infuriated by this website. Thank heavens it's not whisked away in Geocities but its existence piss me off because it didn't foresee the value of media or hyperlocal historical documents. If you're reading, get it together, Mr. Spark (and give it to me).

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#32: B2B Social Media with Paul Gillin

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On this Tear Down we talk B2B social media with Paul Gillin, author and founder of Profitecture, a B2B social media training company. Read his book, “Attack of the Customers.”

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Stories for this week:

Did Newsweek uncover the wrong guy as the Bitcoin founder?

Discovery news apps are getting slaughtered yet they still keep coming. There is no one killer app yet.

The sad state of Kickstarter hardware

Hackers hit the Mt Gox Exchange for some answers after they lost millions. Did Gox just lie and take all the money?

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We’re trying to get a subreddit for this show. Stay tuned.

Michael recommends the Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project

David recommends the iPad app Endless Reader to teach your child to read.

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#29: Comcast goes shopping, likes found lacking & hackers still hacking

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It's podcast 29, and we're talking Comcast/Time Warner, Facebook's fake-like problem and the hacks on Forbes & Kickstarter.

Our guests this week are Ben Chodor of Sherpa Digital Media and Chris Launey of Disney.

Stories on this week's show Now you can create a new gender for yourself on Facebook. Facebook knows when you're going to fall in love and break up

Comcast buys Time Warner for the pipes

Comcast purchase of Time Warner in Six Charts

Google Planning 10 Gigabit Internet Speeds

Facebook's big problem selling fake "Likes"

How the New Facebook News Feed Works

Forbes Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army

Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials

Kickstarter hacked

  Connect with our guests Ben Chodor (@s57benchodor), CEO of Sherpa Digital Media and Chris Launey (@clauney), Director of Cloud Services and Architecture, of Disney.

Cool stuff we're doing Listen to Michael's interview with Michael Connelly about bringing Bosch to Amazon TV

Download and read David's ebook, "Hazardous to Your Social Media Health"

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Tear Down #25: Booth Babes are Bad, Google Goes Nuts & Facebook Unravels (Its Apps)

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Episode number 25!!!

In this episode we debate whether booth babes work, why Google bought Nest, and Facebook's mobile unbundling strategy.

Guests are:

Spencer Chen (@spencerchen), Marketing and Growth for Frontback.

Steve Hoffman (@captainhoff), Co-Founder of LavaMind and Co-Founder of Founders Space

Hosted by:

Michael Wolf (@michaelwolf), the analyst, of NextMarket Insights

David Spark (@dspark), the brand journalist, of Spark Media Solutions.

Trend/opportunity of the week:

Out with the old, killed by the new - Nintendo is dying and is finally considering phones. Best Buy looks to be on the same trajectory as Circuit City.

Net Neutrality argument is over. Proponents lose. Providers can discriminate against content. So they can charge Netflix, a huge hog of bandwidth, more than other content providers. - How will this affect journalism?

Disruptors of the week:

The Internet of Things has given rise to pervasive connectivity. These devices have become victim to cyberattacks.

Paramount is the first studio to stop distributing celluloid film. Eight percent of theaters, mostly small independent houses, aren't equipped to handle digital. They'll have to come up with $70K for a digital projector for each screen.

And the roundtable topics:

Booth Babes Don't Work - Our guest Spencer Chen wrote a piece for TechCrunch about how he discovered that booth babes don't deliver any benefit. In fact, they're a detriment to the success of your booth. Here's a video David Spark shot at ad:tech of booth babes who didn't have a clue what company they were representing.

Google Goes Nuts - They purchased NEST and they're now developing contact lenses.

Facebook's 2014 strategy is to unbundle the all-in-one app. How do other developers react to this?

Plugs for all:

Check out Steve Hoffman's Zapitalism, the game Spell Gems, and Founders Space Fusion

Spencer Chen (and team's) latest project with Frontback

Download David Spark's ebook, "58 Annoying Communications That Must End."

Image courtesy of Nvidia

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Tear Down #22: The 2013 Tear Down Show

Here it is, our 22nd episode of the Tear Down Show, and it's our year-end wrap up and review.

Michael and David discuss the biggest tech and media stories of 2013 the trends, and which ones were the biggest disruptors.

  Here's a quick list of the topics:

Trends/Opportunities of the Year

Mobility matured - the rapid hunt for new platform opportunities

Online video/connected TV become a mature industry

Evolution of the smart home

The increased recognition of the value of the share economy and how that plays into the future of work

Wearable computing - First generation of usable products on the market with Google Glass and smart watches

Evolving model of software releases gains greater acceptance/requirement

Update of iOS7, Adobe Creative Cloud, and cloud computing applications with monthly license fees.

Media Disruptors of the Year

Consolidation of blog networks

Closer integration of media with ad networks and no the continued struggle to find the best solution for paid media.

Big social media matured and the kids moved out.

Dangerous Media Mistakes - Hysteria catching Boston Marathon bombers - NY Daily Post and Reddit - Breaking News embarrassments such as KTVU's reading the "names" of the pilots of the Korean Asiana flight that crashed. The endless hoaxes. See a nice long list of them.

Patreon and Kickstarter - New ways to build a business, a media company, gain investment.

Buzzfeed and Upworthy - Gaming social media with an intense focus on click and link bait, plus constant rewriting of headlines and testing.

Beyonce's surprise album

Disruptive businesses and stories of the year

Privacy - NSA and Snowden

Lyft and Uber - Great disruptive businesses, but taking full advantage of the sharing economy.

Bitcoin - Shutdown of black market drug site, Silk Road. Can Bitcoin become a legitimate financial marketplace?

Snapchat rejection of a $2 billion offer from Facebook. Teenagers shunning Facebook.

Twitter IPO - Twitter eagerly looking at revenue models.

Thanks everyone for listening to the Tear Down Show. Tune in next week for our predictions episode.

And hello 2014!

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Tear Down #21: Twitter TV, Six Californias & Podcasting Goes Patreon

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Welcome to the 21st episode of the “Tear Down Show” where we break down markets, media and messaging from multiple perspectives and roles.

Guests are:

Brian Zisk (@brianzisk), Founder of the SF MusicTech Summit and Future of Money and Technology Summit

Michael Bourret (@michaelbourret), literary agent with Dystel & Goderich

Hosted by:

Michael Wolf (@michaelwolf), the analyst, of NextMarket Insights

David Spark (@dspark), the brand journalist, of Spark Media Solutions.

Trend/opportunity of the week:

Future of work and freelance platforms are maturing. 

Wearable tech, it's the cover of Wired this month and it will probably be the rage at CES, which brings me to the second trend which is asking people, "Are you going to CES?"

Media disruptors of the week:

Tom Merritt, previous guest on Tear Down Show and former Editorial Director at TWiT.tv is taking to Patreon to fund his next media venture.

Bittorrent's serverless chat

Today’s topics:

Tim Draper's plan to split California into six states

Will NYTimes' native advertising be DOA?

Twitter: The Series

Plugs for all:

Follow our guests on Twitter and visit their business sites.

Watch David's video from Dreamforce, "The Best Time to Start Swearing at Your Customers"

If you're going to CES and want to connect with Michael Wolf, reach out to him on Twitter @michaelwolf

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Tear Down #19: Drones, Demand Media & 3D Printed Records

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Welcome to the nineteenth episode of the “Tear Down Show” where we break down markets, media and messaging from multiple perspectives and roles.

Guests are:

C.C. Chapman (@cc_chapman), author of "Amazing Things Will Happen" and "Content Rules" and Chief Marketing Officer of YSN

Jason Miller (@JasonMillerCA), Senior Manager of Content and Social at LinkedIn and rock 'n roll photographer at Rock and Roll Cocktail.

Hosted by:

Michael Wolf (@michaelwolf), the analyst, of NextMarket Insights and the NextMarket Podcast.

David Spark (@dspark), the brand journalist, of Spark Media Solutions.

Entrepreneur pro tip of the week:

Take advantage of future of work services such as fiverr, oDesk, and Elance.

Go paperless this year. Advice on How to Create a Paperless Office.

Media disruptors of the week:

3D printing a record

Twitter based Internet hoax caught the country's attention, including David's. Is it just obnoxious or a new form of storytelling? 

Today’s topics:

Another tech news site that will cost $400 per year. While most are skeptical of Jessica Lessin's ability to make it work, Business Insider is actually bullish.

The rise and fall of Demand Media

Jeff Bezos' true intention releasing the Amazon Drone story.

Plugs for all:

C.C. Chapman - Subway Global Challenge game

Jason Miller - Frolic in the Snow with Those in the Know - free ebook from LinkedIn.

Michael Wolf - Speaking at the Wearable Tech Con - December 10-11, 2013

David Spark - Why Most Holiday Cards Suck and How Yours Can Stand Out

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Tear Down # 16: Publishing Jeter, Snapchat's Got Balls, and is Podcast Discovery Broken?

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Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the “Tear Down Show” where we break down markets, media and messaging from multiple perspectives and roles.

Guests are:

Ty Hildenbrandt (@tyhildenbrandt), sports broadcaster and host of the Solid Verbal podcast. 

Caleb Bacon (@CalebEatsBacon), Host of the Man School Show podcast and writer for Sullivan and Son on TBS.

Hosted by:

Michael Wolf (@michaelwolf), the analyst, of NextMarket Insights

David Spark (@dspark), the brand journalist, of Spark Media Solutions.

Entrepreneur pro tip of the week:

Don't crowdfund just because everyone else is crowdfunding. A poorly planned and executed crowdfunding effort can do major damage to your online brand.

Build influencer relations through content - For more, read Increase Visibility By Pulling a PR 180

Media disruptors of the week:

We both agreed it's Batkid. How could it not be Batkid? It could possibly be the media disruptor of the year.

Today’s topics:

Jeter's Readers - Derek Jeter is opening a publishing company

What do you mean $3 billion in cash isn't enough? - Snapchat turns down a $3 billion cash offer from Facebook. 

Does podcast discovery need a redo? - Mashable offers some solutions, and we offer some recommendations.

Plugs for all:

Man School Show

The Solid Verbal Podcast

Please read "The Most Unprofessional Trends in Content Marketing."

Creative Commons photo attribution to Rubenstein.