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I recently interviewed a job candidate who had, in May of 2009, earned a master's degree in Magazine Publishing from Pace University. The candidate was smart, had decent real-world experience, and a real love for the industry. I'd never heard of a...
November 19
November 19
Wow. To me, this is the very essence of "quixotic". Admirable, maybe even worthy, but also deeply delusional. I hope she succeeds, but I see no hope of it unless she gets on Oprah or serendipitously receives some other extraordinary marketing push...
November 19
Keith, pricing leads can seem like more art than science. If you can deliver qualified leads in aviation, $80 seems low to me, but I don't know your industry. Here's what we look at: How targeted are the leads? In other words, does the advertiser...
October 21
I looked pretty closely at the field last August, but I won't claim these are necessarily "the best". This is a fast-evolving space with lots of vendors. There are some big players with high-end data management capabilities that let you do a LOT o...
April 21
April 21
Mitch Speers and Alex McGrath are now friends
April 21
Mitch Speers updated their profile
April 21

Profile Information

Title:
COO
Company:
Vital Business Media
Company Website:
http://vitalbusinessmedia.com
Media Type:
eMedia
Media Realm:
Business Media
Home Region:
New England
Past Companies & Brands
Penton, Epopus, Primedia, IndustryClick, Brandwise, Panasonic
I'm Looking For:
Networking, Business Partners, Inspiration
Education:
MBA Marketing, University of Chicago GSB
My LinkedIn
Relationship Status:
Married

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Mitch Speers

Are media academics really that out of touch?

I recently interviewed a job candidate who had, in May of 2009, earned a master's degree in Magazine Publishing from Pace University. The candidate was smart, had decent real-world experience, and a real love for the industry. I'd never heard of a degree program in magazine publishing, so I was curious about how they were teaching eMedia topics.

Imagine my surprise when the candidate told me there were no courses devoted to the online channel. There are apparently courses about "technology", bu… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 3:53pm —

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