LIFE AFTER CAMP: HOW MEDIA ACCELERATORS HAVE FARED

摘要

Talk of tech bubbles hasn't dampened media companies' interest in working with startups. In fact, their investments have ballooned given success stories like Turner Media Camp. The startup accelerator has seen 16 companies go through its camp during its two-and-a-half years of operation. Half of them went on to raise funding after their participation. Two have been acquired; three have yet to launch publicly; and one has shut down. And the startups still in operation have struck deals with larger media companies (see chart at right). Like Turner, Disney and Bonnier Corp. are now finding that, as digital technology uproots the industry, it's worthwhile to plant the seeds of displacement themselves.