Category Archives: Wanderful Media

Wanderful Media Adds Dave Thomsen as EVP of Product and Design to Growing Management Team | Marketwire

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

As Doug and I set out to build Wanderful Media, we decided to do some things very differently than MerchantCircle. One of them was putting design at the core of the company DNA. The addition of Dave Thomsen as a … Continue reading →

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Ben Smith, Bob Clark: Newspapers Ditching Traditional Advertising Models

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

Historically, newspapers have relied on print advertising and paid circulation as main sources of revenue. Since the birth of the internet in the 90’s, the industry has been faced with a challenging future. The internet quickly deflated the value of … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Launch Week:  Building Relationships with Focus Groups, Shotguns and a little Chardonnay

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

Last Tuesday we officially launched Wanderful Media. When I think back on the week, it was all about spending much-valued quality time with our partners, employees and industry advocates who are supporting our dream to reinvent local discovery shopping and … Continue reading →

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Hot off the Presses: The Launch of Wanderful Media

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

In June I introduced my new post as CEO of ShopCo Holdings. I am happy to announce today we have launched out of stealth, as Wanderful Media! Wanderful represents a media industry initiative to transform the $4 billion business of … Continue reading →

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The newsonomics of Amazon vs. Main Street » Nieman Journalism Lab

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

A great piece on the importance of retail advertsing to the newspaper business and the indirect fight between Amazon and the papers happening now. “Classifieds has decimated by interactive databases. National has migrated strongly digital. Retail, which made up of … Continue reading →

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Building a Shopping Solution

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

I have been involved in ShopCo Holdings just about two months now as the Chief Executive Officer. I figured it is about time I start sharing a bit about it. ShopCo Holdings is a company backed by 12 large US Media companies … Continue reading →