Eric Blattberg, Digiday

Eric Blattberg

Digiday

New York, NY, United States

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Recent:
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Past:
  • Digiday
  • VentureBeat

Past articles by Eric:

From war zone to boardroom: The improbable rise of BroadbandTV's Shahrzad Rafati

Shahrzad Rafati grew up in a war zone. Today, she fights her battles on a very different front. → Read More

Mic's hit video series on Facebook has gotten 33 million views in two months

Mic's first video series, "Flip the Script," has been a breakout hit on Facebook. → Read More

Adobe goes high end in podcast push

For his next performance, esteemed English actor Malcolm McDowell will espouse the value of a mobile marketing strategy during your morning commute. → Read More

Why even popular music-streaming sites struggle

8tracks is the Wikipedia of music streaming, with seemingly endless crowdsourced music playlists. But it has found itself struggling to attract new users. → Read More

Spotify faces an uphill battle to make a dent in video

Spotify’s plan to build a digital video business has prompted equal parts excitement and skepticism across the media industry. → Read More

The pay-TV industry is bleeding subscribers

Cord-cutting has graduated from media-panel buzzword to a real consumer behavior. → Read More

How Elite Daily is building a millennial video strategy

Elite Daily has become the driving force behind original video at The Daily Mail. → Read More

The important things that came out of the NewFronts

Presenters at this year’s NewFronts talked up hundreds of new initiatives, but a few announcements stood above the rest. → Read More

Gauging the health of the TV upfronts market

As more ad dollars flow to digital, the television upfronts are in a patchy spot. → Read More

Meerkat videos get some staying power

Glow, a New York-based digital agency, today introduced a tool that enables people to record scheduled video streams on Meerkat. → Read More

5 myths of programmatic video

Here are five big myths about programmatic video squashed by brands, agencies and ad tech firms at BrightRoll video summit on Thursday. → Read More

Why Uproxx is betting big on Facebook video

Woven Digital, the publisher behind Uproxx, is building a video business with Facebook at its core. → Read More

Maker Studios wants to go beyond the MCN label

Maker Studios used its NewFronts event to reveal how it is (finally) leveraging the brands of its corporate parent, Disney. → Read More

How PopSugar went from zero to 14 mil. Facebook video views a month

PopSugar is working fastidiously to grow its video viewership, but it’s agnostic as to where its audience watches its video content. → Read More

The demographics of YouTube, in 5 charts

YouTube bills itself as the video service for everyone, but data shows men use the platform more heavily than women. → Read More

WTF are the upfronts?

The upfronts are a special time of year for the media industry, one where billions of dollars change hands. But WTF are they? → Read More

IDG doubles down on video

IDG Communications considers itself “a best-kept secret” in the world of tech video, but the company has a plan to bring its video more visibility. → Read More

Like it or not, autoplay video won

Dear citizens of the Internet: Autoplay video is never going away. It will only become more ubiquitous. → Read More

Why TV is still crushing digital video, in 5 charts

Digital video is a growing market, but one still dwarfed by traditional television. → Read More

Why TV is still crushing digital video, in 5 charts

Digital video is a growing market, but one still dwarfed by traditional television. → Read More