IAB Annual Leadership Meeting Feb 21-23 Carlsbad

"We publish 500 pieces of content everyday, & generate 2MM comments per month. Newspapers aren't dying, they're changing."
~ Eric Hippeau, CEO of Huffington Post

"News wants to be free. It wants to be free and social."
~ Eric Hippeau, CEO of Huffington Post

"The golden age of the Internet is just about to begin."
~ David Moore, Chairman & Founder of 24/7 Real Media, Chairman of IAB Board of Directors

"The Internet is the world's largest focus group. We need to use it."
~ Bryan Wiener, CEO of 360i

"Cherish the questions because the answers keep changing."
~ Jack Griffin, President of National Media Group, Meredith Corporation

"There are people who will always be free users - and they should be dealt with accordingly."~ Gordon McLeod, President of WSJ Digital Network

.....followed by comment from the Twittersphere-- "...Cue ominous music."

"The real Kodak moments are when you share them."
~ Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO, Eastman Kodak

"We're in the business of emotional technology."
~ Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO, Eastman Kodak

Visual Soundbite:
~ from Seth Goldstein's deck, Co-Founder & Chairman of SocialMedia.com, Co-Chair IAB Social Media Committee

"A brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room."
~ Bryan Wiener, CEO of 360i, quoting Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com

"If you don't like change, you'll like irrelevance even less."
~ Bryan Wiener, CEO of 360i, quoting General Eric Shinseki, US Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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