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The Net OGs
by Duration Media
Welcome to The Net OGs, an original podcast series brought to you by Duration Media and hosted by Andy Batkin. This series asks and answers the question, “what was the internet like before the internet was a thing and who were the original players?” Each week Andy will be joined by an OG - not an old guy or gal, but the true “original gangsters” of the Internet. Sit back and sisten to never-before-heard stories from some of the visionaries that formed the first internet media companies and digital ad agencies.
Episodes
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S2E9: John Lack
John Lack has spent more than 50 years challenging what media could become. In this episode of The Net OGs, John takes us behind the scenes of a remarkable career: from creating MTV and helping develop Nickelodeon to reinventing ESPN for a younger generation and launching ESPN2. He shares the...
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S2E8: Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly was helping build the business of digital media before online advertising had a proven model. In this episode of The Net OGs, Mike takes us from the early days of Entertainment Weekly online to building one of the industry’s first large-scale digital advertising businesses at AOL. He...
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S2E7: Jackie Stone
Season 2 continues with media and marketing innovator Jackie Stone, who has spent more than 30 years helping brands navigate each new wave of technology. In this episode of The Net OGs, Jackie takes us back to the earliest days of the World Wide Web, from building the first Budweiser website and...
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S2E6: Jim Spanfeller
Jim Spanfeller helped build one of the first premium digital media businesses at a time when most publishers still weren’t sure the internet mattered. In this episode of The Net OGs, Jim shares stories from the early days of Forbes.com, the rise of digital advertising, and the battle to prove...
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S2E5: Scot McLernon
Scot McLernon was there when the internet was still trying to figure out how to make money. In this episode of The Net OGs, Scot shares stories from the early days of digital advertising: from selling out some of the first web conferences to helping build the revenue engines behind companies like...
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S2E4: Steven Guggenheimer
Steve Guggenheimer spent more than two decades at Microsoft helping build the platforms that shaped the modern internet. In this episode of The Net OGs, Steve takes us inside the early days of Windows, Internet Explorer, and the browser wars, sharing what it was really like to compete, build, and...
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S2E3: Matt Prohaska
Matt Prohaska was building internet advertising before most people believed it would exist. In this episode of The Net OGs, Matt shares what it was really like in the early days, pitching digital budgets that kept getting rejected, experimenting with the first banner ads, and figuring out how to...
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S2E2: Janet Balis
Season 2 continues with media powerhouse Janet Balis. From the early days of AOL and Time Warner to now leading AI-driven transformation as a Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group, Janet has been at the center of every major shift in media, marketing, and technology. In this...
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S2E1: Scott Schiller
Season 2 of The Net OGs kicks off with digital media pioneer Scott Schiller. From MTV to AOL to NBCUniversal, Scott has been at the center of every major shift in media. He helps us kick off the new season by breaking down how the internet advertising ecosystem was built, the key moments that...
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S1E14: Tibor Gaddum
This week’s episode features our first European Net OG, Tibor Gaddum. Tibor was destined to be involved in digital media as he started using Personal Computers and very early versions of online services when he was 11 years old in the early 1980s. And, in the Summer of 1998, he was one of the…
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S1E13: Andy Pakula
Join Andrew Batkin as he sits down with Andy Pakula, the current CEO of WiOffer, on this week’s episode of The Net OG’s. Andy Pakula is a recognized digital media innovator, with a long history of vision in the interactive space. He is a former big ad agency new business executive and has been in...
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S1E12: Jonathan Nelson
On this week's episode, Andy Batkin sits down with Jonathan Nelson the current CEO Of Omnicom Digital. In the early days of the Internet, Jonathan was CEO of Organic and CEO Accrue Software. During their hour together Jonathan talks about how Organic was tapped to create the original YAHOO! logo,...
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S1E11: Martin Nisenholtz
This week’s episode features Martin Nisenholtz who probably has more digital media experience than anyone in the world. He spends an hour with Andy Batkin discussing his time in the 1980s at Ogilvy & Mather, how he built his team of digital "weirdos," what it was like building the…
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S1E10: Richy Glassberg
"You find your passion whenever it hits you in life" - Richy Glassberg, Co-Founder/CEO of SafeGuard Privacy. We promised you never-heard-before stories and today's guest, Richy Glassberg, certainly did not disappoint. He talks with host, Andy Batkin, about his career before he landed one of the...
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S1E9: Gina Garrubbo
In today's episode, Andy interviews Gina Garrubbo who was one of the key executives responsible for building Women.com, one of the first websites for women. Gina talks about the first time she was introduced to women.com, what her peers thought about her leaving a big job at Discovery and moving...
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S1E8: Brad Koenig
Today’s episode features our first investment banker Net OG, Brad Koenig. Brad was the Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in the internet hay days from 1990 to 2005. He and his team were responsible for taking public iconic companies like Microsoft, Netscape, Yahoo, and...
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S1E17: Ann Kirschner
Today's episode is in honor of Super Bowl LV. Listen as Andy Batkin interviews a true Net OG Ann Kirschner, who co-launched NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL.com, and SuperBowl.com. The two of them discuss how she secured the domains for the NFL and superbowl.com, how she was accidentally caught on live TV...
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S1E6: Linda McCutcheon
In today's episode, Andy Batkin interviews Linda McCutcheon who was President at Time Inc, New Media from 1997-1999. Linda dishes on stories about Walter Isakson and Norm Pearlstein, how she was one of the 25 most distinctive women on the Internet when there were only 27 of them, her time with…
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S1E5: David Moore
In this week's episode, host Andy Batkin interviews a true Net OG, David Moore. You'll hear stories about 24/7 Media which Dave co-founded in 1996. He walks Andy through his dot com crash survival which he credits to the Winston Churchill quote, "never give up." He also tells the story of selling...
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S1E4: Kevin O'Conner
Listen now to Andy's interview with Kevin O'Conner, co-founder of DoubleClick. The two of them discuss Kevin's early days at DoubleClick including the story of the Abacus acquisition that resulted in the FTC and others coming after them. Kevin also dishes on senator John Kerry, the dot com crash,...
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S1E3: Rich LeFurgy
Net OG Cred: In 1996 Rich was the Founding Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. He was the recipient of the IAB’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, inducted into Advertising Age’s Interactive Hall of Fame in 2000, and was recognized by USAToday as “the Johnny Appleseed of Online...
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S1E2: Wenda Harris Millard
Net OG Cred: In 1996 Wenda was one of the founding execs at Doubleclick. After the dot-com crash, she joined Yahoo as the Chief Sales Officer and drove revenue from $700 million to over $6 Billion dollars. Wenda will also receive the ultimate honor by being inducted into the Advertising Hall of...
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S1E1: Rishad Tobaccowala
NET OG cred: In 1994 Rishad fought for and convinced a legacy “old school” ad agency to break into the interactive marketing world with the Interactive Marketing Group. Today Rishad is one of the most respected digital media strategists in the world. ----------------------------- Episode Music:...
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Episode 00: Introducing The Net OGs
Welcome to The Net OGs, an original podcast series brought to you by Duration Media and hosted by Andy Batkin. This series asks and answers the question, “what was the internet like before the internet was a thing and who were the original players?” Each week Andy will be joined by an OG - not an...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Net OGs, an original podcast series brought to you by Duration Media and hosted by Andy Batkin. This series asks and answers the question, “what was the internet like before the internet was a thing and who were the original players?” Each week Andy will be joined by an OG - not an old guy or gal, but the true “original gangsters” of the Internet. Sit back and sisten to never-before-heard stories from some of the visionaries that formed the first internet media companies and digital ad agencies.
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Welcome to The Net OGs, an original podcast series brought to you by Duration Media and hosted by Andy Batkin. This series asks and answers the question, “what was the internet like before the internet was a thing and who were the original players?” Each week Andy will be joined by an OG - not an...
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