The Spoon

In this conversation, host Michael Wolf discusses the season of change upon us in technology, how moonshots by today's modern Rockefellers and JP Morgans are bringing about this change, and talks to Eric Stromberg about how the e-book world is changing in part because his own company, Oyster Books, is trying to usher in a new way to access and pay for books. If you like this podcast, you can subscribe to future podcasts on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 Check out our website at: http://nextmarket.co Or access the podcast through our podcast network, Podcast One: http://podcastone.com/

This conversation is with Ty Hildenbrandt, one of the creators of The Solid Verbal podcast. I got to know Ty through online and the podcast world, and when I heard his story about how he doubled his audience year over year by focusing on quality and tending to his community, I thought it would make an interesting part of my ongoing podcast series. For those of you not familiar with the Solid Verbal podcast, it's a show focused exclusively on college football. We talk about the origin story of Solid Verbal, how they build their audience over time, and where they'd like to go from here. You can find out more about Ty and the Solid Verbal podcast at www.solidverbal.com This podcast is one of many in my periodic series on the podcast market, which can be found here: http://nextmarket.co/pages/the-podcast-project To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

This conversation is with Allen Debevoise, the CEO of Machinima. YouTube has become a mammoth force in the world of video entertainment, serving as a platform for both new and established artists to distribute their content. The rise of MCNs, or multichannel networks, which both aggregate individual creator channels and, like Machinima, create much of their own original content, is one of the most important trends in YouTube and online video over the past year. I talk to Allen about the growth of Machinima, which started out as a channel for videos created using game engines and has evolved to come a gaming lifestyle network. We talk about this evolution, discovering new talent and where he sees Machinima going in the future. You can find Machinima at www.machinima.com Find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

This conversation is with Chris Dixon, a well known venture capitalist, entrepreneur and blogger. The reason I caught up with Chris is he's an active investor in many of the spaces I have found interesting for the past year or two, including many maker-centric technologies such as 3D printing, drones and robotics. We talk about his backstory a bit, and then get into some of his investments, what areas he sees as interesting going forward and more. You can find out more about Chris at http://cdixon.org/ Find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

This conversation is with Joseph Fink, the creator of Welcome to Night Vale, the podcast that has gone from a moderately successful creative effort of Joseph Fink and his partner Jeffrey Cranor to sitting atop the podcast rankings above such big names as This American Life, Radio Lab and others. I talk to Joseph about the story behind Welcome to Night Vale, how he conceived of the podcast, what his influences are, where he sees Welcome to Night Vale going in the future and much more. This podcast is one of many in my periodic series on the podcast market, which can be found here: http://nextmarket.co/pages/the-podcast-project You can find Welcome to Night Vale on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-night-vale/id536258179 To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

In this podcast I talk to Chris Walker, CEO of Secret Labs. Chris stays true to his company's name and keeps a few secrets, but I get him to open up about the company's smartwatch, the Agent Smartwatch, as well as what the idea is behind Netduino, the open source hardware initiative that was incubated by Secret Labs. You can check out Secret Labs at www.secretlabs.com If you want to check out my new smartwatch site, go to http://smartwatch.fm Find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

Summary: This conversation is with Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Forbes detailing ways for authors to sell their self-published e-books directly to consumers without relying on Amazon. One of the platforms I wrote about was Gumroad, and after the article sparked a number of conversations on author and publishing websites, I decided I'd talk to Sahil about what he's doing over at Gumroad. In this conversation, Sahil and I talk about the evolution of e-commerce online, the growth of democratized content sales platforms, creating subscription products and selling them online and more. You can learn more about Gumroad at http://gumroad.com You can find my Forbes article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelwolf/2013/07/31/self-publishing-an-e-book-here-are-4-ways-to-leave-amazons-30-tax-behind/ Find me on Twitter at twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

Summary: In this conversation, I talk to Alan Levy, the founder & CEO of BlogTalkRadio. Alan first started blogging as a way to communicate about his father's battle with cancer. That start eventually evolved into BlogTalkRadio, as Alan looked for a way to making blogging and online conversation more about realtime voice and actual conversation. In this podcast, Alan and I talk about those early days, how he sees live Internet talk evolving, how he sees AM radio and traditional talk radio playing out, and how BlogTalkRadio is beginning to embrace established radio personalities such as Tavis Smiley as radio declines and more people tune to the Internet for live voice and podcasts. To read my posts on the future of media (including podcasting), follow me on Tumblr at http://blog.nextmarket.co/ To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

In this podcast, I talk to Ashwin Navin, CEO of Flingo. I've known Ashwin since his days as the cofounder of BitTorrent. When I recently caught up with him in Vegas at the NAB conference, I was very interested to hear about some of the stuff his new company was doing to enable synchronized multiscreen viewing using a technology called ACR, or automated content recognition (think Shazam, but for video content). So interested, in fact, I asked him to be a guest on the podcast. Ashwin I talk about the technology Flingo has built, the broader ACR landscape, as well as some of the backstory of the company including their pivot and the resulting funding round from Mark Cuban. To read my posts on the future of TV (and other topics), follow me on Tumblr at http://blog.nextmarket.co/ To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

One of the most interesting trends in the indy video creator and distribution space in the last few years has been emergence of MCNs, or multichannel networks, on YouTube. One of the biggest of these new breed of content aggregators is Fullscreen. In this podcast, I talk to Fullscreen's CEO George Strompolos. George, who worked for YouTube before he founded Fullscreen, talks about the evolution of the space, how they discover new talent in the data-driven world of YouTube and where he sees new forms of social video like Vine and Instagram fitting into the broader indy creator space. You can learn more about Fullscreen at http://fullscreen.net Find me on Twitter at twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

Summary: In this podcast I talk to the John Glynn, President of the largest independent press content syndicate Universal Uclick, and the company behind the hugely popular comics portal, GoComics. As many of you know, I'm a comics nerd and also interested in talking to those transitioning legacy businesses to online. Given that, John was a perfect fit. If you're a comic fan or interested in how traditional press content syndicates are adjusting to the digital era, this is a good listen. We talk about this transition, their stable of comic strips artists such as Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury), Stephen Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) and more, their new GoComics app, John's background as a police man, and much more. You can find GoComics at http://gocomics.com. Find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/michaelwolf or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Nextmarket To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

One of the best stops on the web to get your fill of smart and non-conformist takes on issues of the day is Slate. No doubt about it, Slate's stable of opinionated writers aren't afraid to tell you what they think, but if you think those opinions come strictly via the written word, you'd be very very wrong. That's because Slate has one of the best lineups of podcasts of any media organization, and the man behind their podcast strategy is one Andy Bowers. In this podcast I talk to Andy about the origins of Slate's podcast efforts, why he thinks they've been successful, how important the podcast business is to the overall Slate media mix, and we also talk a little about the future of podcasts. This podcast is part of the podcast project. If you want to hear more podcasts in this series about the business of podcasting, visit: http://nextmarket.co/pages/the-podcast-project Slate's podcasts can be found at: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts.html To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

When I was a kid, I remember hearing about some crazy explosion involving disco records at Comiskey Park. The man behind that little promotion that resulted in the first forfeited baseball game in decades and helped hasten the demise of disco was one Steve Dahl. Fast forward 30 years later, and now legendary radio man Steve Dahl is a podcaster. Steve runs Dahl.com, which is a paid podcast network featuring shows from himself and others. I caught up with Steve last month to talk about how his efforts to get people to pay for things they're used to getting for free is going. This podcast is part of the podcast project. If you want to hear more podcasts in this series about the business of podcasting, visit: http://nextmarket.co/pages/the-podcast-project The Steve Dahl network can be found at: http://www.dahl.com/ To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nextmarket?refid=stpr

When he working for the Seattle Post Intelligencer, John Cook saw the writing on the wall. Newspaper real estate was shrinking, which was making it difficult for John to do his job as a reporter. Before long he and his coworker Todd Bishop took a business plan for an online tech news startup to a local business journal, and soon after that they'd decided to strike out on their own. And Geekwire was born. Today Geekwire is a successful and respected tech blog and perhaps the leading tech blog with a focus on the Seattle tech scene. John and I talk about the Geekwire backstory, the Seattle vs. Silicon Valley news scene, building a community and what companies he sees as leading the way in the new decade in Seattle. To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher http://Radio: app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/32010/episodes

As an Atari 2600 kid, long-time Xbox (read Halo) fan, and a one-time gaming industry analyst, I've long been fascinated the stories behind the stories of the gaming platforms. So with the dawn of a new console generation upon us, I decided to catch up with Seamus Blackley, one of the original Xbox founding fathers and the guy who coined the term DirectX-Box (which later became Xbox). Seamus and I talk about those early days of the Xbox, how he got into the video game industry, why he decided to become a "suit" and start the gaming division at mega-agency CAA, his new company Innovative Leisure and his thoughts about the new Xbox One. To listen or subscribe to more NextMarket podcasts, simply do so using one of the following channels: Website: http://nextmarket.co iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj Stitcher Radio: http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/32010/episodes