Dennis keynoted OMMA Metrics & Research in New York on February 21st with a talk titled “Content as a Product”. If you have a spare 30 min over lunch Dennis touches on some great challenges that the Newsroom of the future and Editors face and how data can help rather than hinder.

Publishers do not predict customer demand for content, nor do they perform traditional market research like Nike would for a new pair of sneakers. You’ve probably never heard of a publisher applying six sigma strategies to how it produces content. And when publishers promote their content, it’s rarely with the same rigor and aggression as MARS fighting for shelf space at Wal-Mart. Why not?

It seems like I’m in a jolly summer VIDEO mode. :-)

@widgetgirl did a post which includes a VIDEO of The Analytics Food Chain panel we did at the OMMA Metrics & Measurement conference in New York on June 9th. Enjoy! (Panel: Monster, Yahoo!, Razorfish, Hitwise and Neo@Ogilvy)