10 startups have made it through to the final stage of The Irish Times FUSION programme. FUSION puts startups with no prior experience of the advertising industry into contact with advertising mad men in an experiment to define the next wave of digital advertising experiences.

Irish Times FUSION, a new experiment at Ireland's paper of record, is underway.

20 startups have been introduced into the 154 year old newspaper's building, selected from over 100 applicants. The experiment is an attempt to find new forms of advertising from startup consumer experiences, with an emphasis on...

GetBulb, the startup that allows media organisations to rapidly produce data visualisations for high resolution print, and for interactive online graphics, has been named Winner of The Irish Times Digital Challenge. It won the €50,000 convertible loan note from DFJ Esprit at the Grand Finale event last Friday...

Over the last few months the newspaper for which I work has run a contest for bright ideas and products, and found more than a few right answers. The Irish Times Digital Challenge is an initial experiment in which five startups entered the Irish Times building for eight...

It is the start of the final week for the startups inside The Irish Times. Later this month the startups will compete for the €50,000 investment prize from DFJ Esprit, but for the moment there are still things to iron out and nail down. This week Daire Hickey,...

It is week six of eight for the startups inside The Irish Times. Each has entered the The Irish Times Digital Challenge in the hope of launching new products and services with the 153 year old news paper, and each hopes to be the winner of the €50,000...

It is week five of eight. Things are starting to come together for the startups in The Irish Times Digital Challenge.

This week Paul Hayes of Beachhut PR meets the startups and coaches them on getting "sticking power" for startups on a shoestring. Sean Blanchfield,...

It's halfway point for the eight week experiment in which five startups take space inside The Irish Times. It's crunch time for several of the startups.

It's also a good time to reflect on what this process is doing that makes it different from the standard startup process. Typically,...

The Irish Times, the newspaper and media organisation for which I work, has embarked on what might be termed a "slightly radical" initiative. As GigaOm/paidContent and the WSJ Tech Blog reported last week, The Irish Times has invited five startups into its building for an eight week experiment....

Some months ago I set up The Irish Times Digital Challenge to invite digital entrepreneurs to propose ways to work with The Irish Times. Almost 81 early stage digital companies applied, of which 14 were invited to pitch in person. From this a final five of...

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