We're Not Who You Think We Are
by Lopy
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We are taking a rare Friday off so that each member of the ‘loper team can do what he or she does best. In no particular order, this may or may not involve sleeping, eating, reading, catching Casino Royale, indulging in a The Wire marathon, shopping, complaining about shopping, hanging with the in-laws, catching up with the TiVo, or designing the perfect media room. Other activities may involve drinking and visiting youthful haunts. Also football.
by Lopy
A tiny Thanksgiving edition.
by Lopy
Stuck In Holiday Traffic Edition
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by Jim Connelly
Obviously, I’m thankful for family, friends, health, employment. But forget all of that, because here is my list of the Medialoper-y things for which I’m thankful right now:
by Lopy
He Wasn’t All That Funny on “Fridays,” Either Edition
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It wasn’t really a game of chicken because, well, in chicken, both parties have an equal chance. It wasn’t really a showdown because, well, in a showdown, it’s about being quickest to draw. It wasn’t even really a standoff because, well, Disney had very little to lose.
So when a retailing giant goes up against a major motion picture distributor and demands different prices or they’re going to cut back on efforts to sell the distributor’s products…and then said giant realizes that it’s on the cusp of the year’s biggest sales season and on the cusp of the release of what will surely be the year’s biggest DVD seller…what is it called? Tucking your tail between your legs and begging for forgiveness?
[Read more…] about Target Blinked
by Lopy
An Extraordinarily Difficult Play To Stage Effectively Edition
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by Jim Connelly
Unversal Music, the mega-major record label that thinks so little of its fans that their CEO, Doug Morris, recently said that iPods were: “just repositories for stolen music,” has evidentally hit upon a new business model: lawsuits and extortion.
Apparently making money by putting good music out there with a price point that might entice people just isn’t good enough. Because, of course, we are all thieves. So instead of that, they’ve decided to go a different route. Instead of using their artists to make money, they’ve decided to fall back upon the lawyers. Hopefully, the lawyers will get a better royalty rate.
Let’s review, shall we?
[Read more…] about Universal Music’s New Biz Model: Lawsuits and Extortion!
by Rox
While you were busy waiting in line and kicking serious ass to get your PS3, here is what we were doing: