Archives for November 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• Don’t bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google
  Nope, definitely not betting on that.

Today’s links of interest:

• Blockbuster’s Great Purge
  Recent question: is Blockbuster still in business? Answer: apparently yes. But they’re thinking kiosks. Hmm.
• Fall Shows Boost Hulu’s Traffic
  Hulu is one new media strategy that Hollywood got right. We hope the studios involved get that this is a service that works…and figure it out from there.
• Charis Wilson | 1914-2009
  Rest in peace.

Today’s links of interest:

• For Wal-Mart and Amazon, the First Round of a Price Fight
  In the fight to the bottom, the two are willing to destroy their own businesses for the dubious privilege of, um, selling below cost. May not be the customer builder they anticipate. Bonus: photo of Stephen King signing at Wal-Mart; funny because he denounced low book prices as killing publishing.
• Record exec arrested for refusing to send a tweet asking Bieber-maddened crowd to disperse
  Really?
• The Coming Search Engine Media Wars
  Yay. Can’t wait. Oh, right, don’t have to. This will only harm News Corp and cost Microsoft money. It won’t actually slow down process for the rest of us, since the news will be on Twitter first.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – Nov 24, 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• Microsoft, News Corp. Discuss Web Pact
  The further one digs, the more one laughs. However, the WSJ has to cite The Financial Times as a source. Uh, funny?
• Thoughts On A “Killer” Bing-News Corp Deal The Myth Of An “OPEC For News”
  Or, who really loses in a deal like this?
• Beatles piracy fixation gets stranger with huge FLAC release
  Sigh. So many thoughts, so few hours in the day. At this point, one perceives a level of greed coming from the Beatles’ camp.

Today’s links of interest:

• Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple’s iTunes
  Answer to iTunes? Shouldn’t this have been launched five years ago? This war is already lost.
• ATT Loses First Legal Battle, Makes Things Worse With Luke Wilson Ad
  Also suffers snide (but probably true) remark from Verizon.
• Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple’s iTunes
  Can Sony compete in this market this time?
• Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be Expensive
  The comments about payments to music labels killing ad-supported/legitimate free services — and how that will impact consumer behavior — should strike fear in the hearts of music execs (you know, the ones who demanded outrageous fees).

Today’s links of interest:

• NBC Launches All-In-One Video Player, VoIP And Texting Tool—And It’s Ad-Supported
  Not feeling it. A) Why not use the Hulu platform since it’s already caught fire with consumers? B) Really? You think consumers want to float from site to site rather than have information in a single place? C) Hmm, no C right now. TK.
• Confirmed: MySpace Looking to Buy Imeem
  Ah, MySpace, you keep on giving. No seriously, this might very be a good acquisition, but you’ve got bigger problems than this.
• Times editor James Harding outlines plans for online charging
  Not sure this is the way forward, but there you have it: a plan to save newspapers.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – Nov 18, 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• L.A. Wants Its Jackson Memorial Money Back—All $3.2 Million
  In addition to reimbursing the city, we wouldn’t mind some compensation for pain and suffering.

Today’s links of interest:

• One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Consumers Want Choice On Pricing, Delivery Of Content
  Yep.
• The Price of Free
  Nicholas Carr examines the consequences of free; doesn’t much consider possibility of alternatives.
• Pre-Release Music Piracy: Further Arrests, Exec Loses Job
  Well, uh, yeah. It’s not the consumers were are leaking stuff prior to release.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – Nov 16, 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• Meep
  Double MEEP.
• Hollywood Invents Celebrity Twittering for Dollars
  Probably this would be more annoying to us if we actually followed these people.

Today’s links of interest:

• Apple patents improved digital ink recognition techniques for pen-aware tablet
  Let the rumors expand!
• ATT Responds to Verizon’s “Blatantly False and Misleading” Ads
  Dear ATT, would you also respond to the fact that your maps mislead consumers about coverage, especially the maps that show excellent coverage where *none* exists?
• A Look At All The Sites Owned By Rupert Murdoch That ‘Steal’ Content
  Not necessarily a clip ‘n save guide, but useful.
• The Death of the Man Who Gave Us the Death of Chuckles
  David Lloyd has passed away.