The Daily Loper – December 6, 2006
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Dec 06, 2006
Happy Birthday to John Edition
Today’s links of interest:
- Microsoft sees selling 1M Zunes by June
Being deemed a "good start". - Music to be offered in MP3 file format
Major labels decide to try something radical. Also, expect an increase in consumer confusion to follow. - Will TiVo Be Apple’s Little Secret At This Year’s Macworld?
This makes sense on so many levels. If this happens look for Microsoft to resurrect Ultimate TV as Zune TV. It’ll fail all over again. - Music to Be Offered in MP3 File Format
Major labels are reportedly starting to test music distribution in this hot new "mp3" format that we’ve all been hearing about. If they succeed we may never listen to music the same way again. Major labels — always on the cutting edge. - `Battlestar Galactica` moves to Sunday
That is, when it comes back in January for the (we assume) thrilling conclusion to the (have we pointed this out yet?) amazing third season. - Britney Tops Yahoo Most-Searched List
No wonder they felt the need to re-org! - HALL OF FAME / Spare the morality play: McGwire deserves induction
Writers who single out just a few big names from Baseball’s steriod era for punishment are either: a) idiots, b) hypocrites c) have an axe to grind against those names, d) all of the above. - 2 top execs leave Yahoo as Web giant reorganizes / Major changes were expected as company’s problems grew
Just as long as this doesn’t affect our Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball League. - Christmas decorations scupper Wi-Fi
THIS is why we fight the war on Christmas. - Has Jazz Died?
Yeah, just trying to get Kirk worked up on a Wednesday. - Iran blocks access to YouTube.com
Really, is anyone surprised by this action? - The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ?80s
That they could find on YouTube, which is why we’ve never seen many of these. Of course, we were already time-shifting back then. Also, that Tootsie Pop commercial is from the 1960s. - Drop the Wii Controller! It’s Time for a Media Quiz
A quarterly test of your media savvy.
