http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 22 May 2013 02:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48523 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:21:32 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48523 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48522 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:41:56 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48522 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48521 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:49:22 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48521 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48520 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:48:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48520 [...] is opening a new platform to help them promote those posts by turning them into ads. OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48519 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:10:34 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48519 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48518 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:25:03 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48518 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48516 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:22:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48516 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48515 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:51:56 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48515 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48514 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:51:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48514 [...] OneSpot started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done time as a VC, said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic argument is that editorial content, not advertising, has a much bigger impact on people’s opinions than ads. (It’s similar to the point made by other companies like InPowered.) Actually, he clarified that it’s a false distinction; for most people, it’s not about “commercial versus non-commercial content,” but rather “annoying content compared to content that is interesting.” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48513 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:45:08 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48513 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48512 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:40:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48512 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48511 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:39:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48511 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48510 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:33:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48510 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen, who has worked on technology for newspaper companies and also done [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48509 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:29:43 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48509 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/onespot-raises-42m-for-customized-news-aggregation/#comment-48506 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:20:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=103689#comment-48506 [...] actually started out as a news aggregation company, but founder and CEO Matt Cohen said it’s now focused on a bigger opportunity. His basic [...]

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