Archives for May 2009

The Daily Loper – May 26, 2009

May 26, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

Twitter, Brillstein develop TV series
A twitter TV series? Imagine how short the commercials will be!
MySpace Is In Real Trouble If These Page View Declines Don’t Reverse
The best thing you can say about Facebook is that it’s not MySpace. We’ll be having this same discussion again in two years when a better social network comes along.
Former Wilco Member Jay Bennett Dies
Wow. No words.

The Daily Loper – May 20, 2009

May 20, 2009 by Lopy

Fate, Up Against Your Will Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Echo and the Bunnymen album going on NASA mission
Ocean Rain in outer space.
YouTube Ordered To Pay $1.6 Million To ASCAP
Another weird ruling.
Why Washington doesn’t get new mediaâ€¨
Sadly funny, sadly true. Thomas Paine: America’s original blogger!
California voters soundly reject budget measures
Okay, now can the lawmakers in the State of California do their jobs?

The Daily Loper – May 19, 2009

May 19, 2009 by Lopy

Fish and Plankton and Sea Greens and Proteins From The Sea Edition

Today’s links of interest:

New Danger Mouse CD Released As A Blank CD-R Due To Legal Fight With EMI
OK, but what about the iTunes version?
Laws That Could Save Journalism
No, these are not laws that would save journalism. These are laws to protect the newspaper business from its own bad decision-making, and enacting them would kill the business. Dead.
Napster Relaunches Tonight, Here’s The Details
All of this has happened before and will happen again.

Podcast: Assessing the Impact of Piracy and Free Content on Book Sales

May 15, 2009 by Kirk Biglione

It’s nearly impossible to have a meaningful discussion on the issue of media piracy. Strong opinions and anecdotal evidence dominate every conversation. There is seldom any hard data to back up the various claims of damage or lack thereof.

The recent New York Times piece on book piracy is typical of the kind of coverage we’ve come to expect from major news source. The story is long on speculation and short on deep thinking or meaningful data.

Meanwhile, O’Reilly Media has just published a new research report on the Impact of P2P and Free Distribution on Book Sales. Written and researched by Brian O’Leary, the report is an all too rare attempt to quantify the impact that various types of freely available content have on sales.

Free content has long been used to promote all forms of media. Is it possible that pirated content might serve a similar role in promoting the purchase of content? O’Leary’s early results seem to indicate that might be the case.

In this podcast I talk with O’Leary about his research. A full transcript of our talk will be available in the next couple of days. [Read more…] about Podcast: Assessing the Impact of Piracy and Free Content on Book Sales

The Daily Loper – May 13, 2009

May 13, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

Activision eyes ‘Guitar Hero’ TV series, tour
In our day, we called it air guitar.
Dijon Derangement Syndrome: Conservative media attack Obama for burger order
You have got to be kidding. These people are completely deranged!
Fox Estimates Wolverine Downloads at 4 Million
Okay, so Fox needs to explain these numbers (real, made up?) and how the leaked copy translated to lost sales. ‘Cause you know what’s gonna kill Wolverine? Yep, the release of Star Trek, Skylar version.

The Daily Loper – May 12, 2009

May 12, 2009 by Lopy

Party Down Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Reporter to NY Times Publisher: You Erased My Career
The real news is that this reporter just noticed. This was big news in the SEO community last month because NYT effectively killed search ranking for a huge number of IHT stories (which are presumably buried somewhere in the main NYT site now). But, since newspapers hate Google anyway, lack of Google rank shouldn’t be a problem now, should it?
U.S. journalist in Iran freed from prison
Very good news for Roxana Saberi and her family.
Rocking Out at Denny’s?
Holy crap! This article acts as if young, drunk people going to Denny’s because it never closes is some kind of new trend instead of a tradition handed down over the years.

The Daily Loper – May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

Activision eyes ‘Guitar Hero’ TV series, tour
In our day, we called it air guitar.
Dijon Derangement Syndrome: Conservative media attack Obama for burger order
You have got to be kidding. These people are completely deranged!
Fox Estimates Wolverine Downloads at 4 Million
Okay, so Fox needs to explain these numbers (real, made up?) and how the leaked copy translated to lost sales. ‘Cause you know what’s gonna kill Wolverine? Yep, the release of Star Trek, Skylar version.

The Daily Loper – May 7, 2009

May 7, 2009 by Lopy

Juan Pierre is the Luckiest Man in The World Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Student’s Wikipedia hoax quote used worldwide in newspaper obituaries
Kids these days don’t realize how easy they have it. In my day we had to do this sort of thing without the help of Wikipedia.
Digital Media Exec: Metrics Are ‘In Crisis’
Or, we are trying to measure everything without really understanding what we are measuring.
News Corp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch
Dear Rupert, While we support new online business models, charging for news content only makes sense if you go the extra mile and give us articles and analysis worth paying for. Thanks, the Medialoper News Junkie Team

The Daily Loper – May 6, 2009

May 6, 2009 by Lopy

Monkey-Fighting Snakes on this Monday-to-Friday Plane Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Geeks run gauntlet in ‘Ultradome’
Yeah. This one has potential. And we can imagine more than a few of our friends playing along.
Kindle Books Now A Shocking 35% Of Sales When Kindle Version Available
Amazon has a hit. Publishers are in a bind. It’s iTunes all over again.
Can Facebook and Twitter Save Your Favorite Show?
Probably not, but they are great tools for keeping people organized and in touch with the latest developments on these campaigns. Also: Save Chuck!! And Better Off Ted!! And, yeah, even Dollhouse!!

The Daily Loper – May 5, 2009

May 5, 2009 by Lopy

If You Were My Girl, I’d Keep You Right Here Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Lessig vs. Warner Music: This Should Be Good
Yes, finally we get to have a real-life, real public discussion of fair use and silliness. Not necessarily in that order.
Web-to-TV Video Streaming Services Will Drive Nearly $3 Billion in Revenue by 2013
Unless cable companies start metering broadband, of course.
Wilco ex-member sues Jeff Tweedy for royalties
Jay Bennett claims he’s not being paid for his work.