Ryan Higa Quotes

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

It became obvious to me that if Abril was to consider itself a communications group, it could not remain indefinitely in paper and ink.

I don't think there are too many traditional media guys who really understood what the new digital media is about.

When I talk about the Internet, it's because young people are there. TV and radio are still what moves the masses, and you can't ignore that. But you also have to feed that monster that grows daily, which is the Internet.

I am looking forward to work on digital platforms more often than not.

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.

The Internet is king. Newspapers are dead or dying. Magazines are shrinking every day. Ad budgets are being cut. The bottom line is now the only line in advertising.

I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.

The online thing has been really big for us: the YouTube videos, the MySpace.

On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors.

It used to be that we weren't even allowed on TV or pay-per-view, so we always spoke to our fans through the Internet.

We live in the Internet age. Everyone wants clicks. Clicks are what sells.

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

At DC Comics, it has been a top priority that DC forges a meaningful, forward-looking digital strategy.

The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience.

South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy.

Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.

There's an obvious marketing component to doing something digitally where you're reaching out to new readers that you can't do in the existing print marketplace, or that it's difficult to do in the existing print marketplace.

Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media.

We always said if we were going to target a millennial consumer, then we had to do it in their mother tongue, which is digital.

I gotta keep hustling. I know when it comes to the Internet, we move units. I grew up on the Internet.

Technology has changed our industry, and I think that's opened up different revenue streams and ways to make money and distribute television. It's made the global conversation easier, quicker.

My advice to owners of fashion brands is that you have to give digital a seat at the board table. A lot of brands treat digital strategy as something on the side.

To effectively reach consumers in the new social environment, brand managers need to learn how to translate their budgets into the digital realm, which also means understanding the advantages that digital can provide over television advertising.

We have many accommodation owners - people who own small hotels, villas and bungalows - and the digital economy has opened up a world of possibility for these business owners. Now, they can sell to and communicate with people around the world, and where Booking.com comes in is to help these accommodation owners adapt to the digital world.