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The future of media ? 27 May 2010 | 02:10 am
Here is an insightful interview of Lady GaGa’s manager on the new way of doing business in the music industry. Check out this article from TechCrunch.
Ideology 2.0: When Mao Meets The Silicon Valley 8 Mar 2010 | 11:22 am
Marc Andreeson, a Silcon Valley guru, had these kind words for Old Media this week: “Burn down the boat” - In this article from TechCrunch, Andreeson tells the print news media that they should stop ...
WIRED – THE TYRANNY OF COOL ? 8 Dec 2009 | 12:49 pm
Two weeks ago, my good friend Jorg sent me this article from WIRED called “Mad Men, Media, Marketing, and a fine mess” I have to admit, i got really excited by its content at first. Think about it: n...
THE U.S. FALL T.V. SEASON … MEDIOCRE AT BEST 19 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm
Friends and avid T.V. watchers, I have some sad news. Most of the new fall shows have been nothing short of a major disappointment. FLASHFORWARD’s premiere was decent, but every new episode is a furt...
COMING SOON TO A CLOUD NEAR YOU 14 Nov 2009 | 11:19 am
On october 22nd, The Walt Disney company introduced Keychest, an initiative that could change the way media companies distribute content. With keychest, viewers will be able to by a movie on any dig...
Old Media and Marketing Myopia 10 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
Check out this fascinating article from the Harvard Business Review called “Marketing Myopia” Although it does not adress specifically the media industry, it DOES deal with formerly growing industrie...
RUPERT WILL MAKE YOU PAY ! 10 Nov 2009 | 05:24 am
Rupert Murdoch & the Fox corporation are going all out about charging you for their news content online. But that’s not all, they even want to prevent google from indexing them ! In an era of “FREE”,...
ONLINE DATING RULES E-COMMERCE 31 Oct 2009 | 05:09 am
While the entertainment industry is still fighting to find a perennial business model online, the dating industry has long enjoyed a successful business model on the web. Here is a short interview...
T.V. HEAVEN IS ON ABC 21 Oct 2009 | 03:29 pm
Flash Forward, Cougar Town, Modern Family and now V starting this week. What’s not to like on ABC ?
CONTENT IS BAD FOR YOU 21 Oct 2009 | 06:37 am
IT’S HERE ! IT’S AMONG US ! IT’S A WORD THAT LOOMS OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ! IT’S … CONTENT ! What’s so terrible about it ? After all “Content” is so convenient. Think about it: one simp...
