The Daily Loper – January 13, 2008
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Jan 13, 2009
Chopper Drivers Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Domino Moved Under New Leadership at Conde Nast
Please, please, Conde Nast, let Domino live. Thank you. - New York judge OKs Amazon Tax
Expect more exciting news in the world of taxing stuff from online retailers. - Despite the revamped iTunes, DRM is here to stay
Farhad Manjoo on DRM. - Plenty Folds
Bummer — we liked Plenty. - Jim Jarmusch On Stealing From Everywhere
There you have it. - Fox’s McCarver, Buck, Aikman Got US Marshals Escort From Games
We might not be getting up that petition after all. - The Media Equation – Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News?
Some good notions, some not-so-good. People will pay for content; the key is make the content desirable and usable (and affordable). So if you have to use the iTunes model, well, please make it a better experience than the one that exists! - Henderson and Rice Elected to Hall of Fame
Nearly as stupid as Joe the Plumber: the 5.2 percent of the members of the Baseball Writers of America who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson, who was only one of the single most exciting people to ever play the game. - Joe the Plumber: "I think media should be abolished from reporting"
New rule (after this!), we will stop publicizing "Joe the Plumber" pronouncements, even when we’re making fun of them, because it just encourages him to greater levels of ridiculousness. Stop the madness now. - L.A. Weekly: The Autopsy Report
Not for the sensitive — a no-holds barred look at the rise and fall of a Los Angeles institution. - Television is starting to look beyond the 18- to 49-year-old demographic
Sadly, this isn’t one of those ha-ha, funny headlines. It’s true: television executives are realizing that lots of age groups (and women, too!) watch television. - ‘Men,’ ‘Rock’ score at Globes
We approve. - found_objects: The Recently Deflowered Girl
This is all kinds of silly fun. - Warner Music adding social networking to websites
Duly noted.
