Friday, July 17, 2009

IN THE NEWS: Motley Fool.com features Hooks Book Events author Chris Anderson


MOTLEY FOOL.COM, July 17, 2009 — In an article entitled "A New Business Model for the Digital Age," posted today on the "Motley Fool Stock Advisor, reporter Jennifer Schonberger writes:

"Since 2002, David and Tom Gardner have returned 32.89% while the S&P 500 returned -8.78%. There is no question that traditional media is in disarray right now. Major news outlets from CBS (NYSE: CBS) to Gannett (NYSE: GCI) to The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) are being forced to transition to a different model because of the underlying economics of their mediums (in most cases, a digital model)."

"But transitions to digital by media and other types of companies have left many questioning what the magic formula for profits is. At a recent event sponsored by Hooks Books and The Motley Fool, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of the new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, offered a solution to the conundrum."

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