Re:Why Mark Cuban is wrong about Facebook
by corin_ on Thursday November 15, 2012 @03:37AM
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I think he would have less complaints if Facebook paid his team the amount of money TV networks pay for sports rights.
Re:Why Mark Cuban is wrong about Facebook
by cmccabe on Thursday November 15, 2012 @04:16AM
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That's a pretty insightful comment. I think it really gets to the heart of the issue-- Mark brings a lot of value to the TV networks, but not that much to Facebook. And Facebook knows it.
Re:Why Mark Cuban is wrong about Facebook
by loceng on Thursday November 15, 2012 @08:35AM
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How doesn't keeping fans on the Facebook website not compare equally to keeping fans watching a specific TV station? The value is there.
Re:Why Mark Cuban is wrong about Facebook
by illuminate on Thursday November 15, 2012 @01:14PM
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Brands need a Facebook presence more than Facebook needs a brand to drive and keep a user on Facebook is why brands will never get kickbacks for maintaining their Facebook page.
I'm sure that Mark Cuban's hockey team drives a lot of viewers to watch TV. Does that mean Mark should get to advertise for free on television? That's not how the networks see it. [edit: this is a really bad example]
It's funny that we've gone from being outraged about spam and all-pervasive advertising, to being outraged that spammers have to actually pay to send the stuff.