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About Steve Blacker

Steve Blacker has been a corporate executive at Time Inc. (Marketing Director PEOPLE, Ad Manager Money, Director Sales & Special Projects, Magazine Development), Conde Nast, SVP Market Research, Hearst, Director Consumer Insights, Playboy Enterprises, Director of Database Marketing,... more

Why Movie Popcorn May Have the Best Media Pricing Strategy - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers
By Steve Blacker

1. Most media pricing structures reward the buyer with frequency discounts that can run well over 40% in some cases. The open or one time rate, while higher, has to be competitively priced because many initial media evaluations are made from the one time rate.

2. To make matters worse, a ... more


Does Norma Kamali Understand Digital Better Than Time Inc. & Conde Nast? - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers
By Steve Blacker

1. "Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali's boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it - even late at night when the store is closed." -The New York Times, 2/27/10

2. Shouldn't major shopping magazines... more


Why Google May Own All the Future Printing Presses - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers
By Steve Blacker

1. Today's ongoing technological digital shift is of greater magnitude than the momentous evolution from monkish scriptoria to movable type launched in Gutenberg's German city of Mainz six centuries ago.

2. Gutenberg himself did not foresee how his invention made possible our modern... more


The Top Ten Things Toyota Needs To Do To Survive As A Brand - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers
By Steve Blacker

1. To restore trust and confidence, Toyota needs to fire the key executives who are responsible for production and safety standards. As Albert Einstein stated: "You cannot expect the people who caused the problem to fix it."

2. To hold no one responsible for the major... more


Ten Reasons Why the Oprah Brand Continues To Be One of the Strongest Brands in the World - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers
By Steve Blacker

If most brands followed Oprah's core values they could probably become number one in their field too.

1. Oprah always puts the consumer, viewer and reader first.

2. Oprah never compromises her values, standards or ethics.

3. Oprah is the first one to admit it if she ever... more



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