New Media Executive, exemplar

I now get excited about user-generated content the way I used to get excited about thinking about what television shows would work.

–Llyod Braun, former chairman of ABC Entertainment, currently the head of Yahoo's Media Group.

This less-new media guy was apparently brought to heel by Terry Semel after some differences over the need to create high-budget, original programming for the Web.

But wait, it gets better...

I realized I have to check my ego at the door for a moment, and forget whatever expectations people had about me because of my former life, and really take a hard look at who should this business be built for the long term –a business that is not dependent on a series of expensive one-off's to survive.

I suspect that humility will be richly rewarded.

Yahoo Says It Is Backing Away From TV-Style Web Shows

New York Times March 2, 2006

Written by Erika Hall on March 1, 2006 |