Valuing New Media Companies vs. Old(er) Media Companies

Event Description:

Huffington Post is sold to AOL for $315 million in what some might construe as a bid for AOL to stay relevant.  Months old sites trump venerable, decades old media brands.  Shotgun marriages like The Daily Beast and Newsweek seem to be the new normalcy.  Networks that barely pay their writers have greater valuations than companies that have amassed scores of Pulitzers.  So what are the new rules of valuation?  Do these “odd bedfellow” alliances between new and old media make sense?  

Addressing the new rules of the media landscape:

• Ben Popper, Tech/Media Editor for The New York Observer (Moderator)
• Mark Patricof, Managing Partner of media investment bank MESA Global
• Max Robins, Vice President & Executive Director, The Paley Center
• Michael Yavonditte, CEO of Hashable
• Michael Silberman, General Manager, Digital Media at New York Media