Archives for November 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• We Know Hollywood Is This Dumb. Et Tu, Netflix?
  This hurts. On so many levels.
• Zucker to head new NBCU-Comcast venture: sources
  Nobody puts Jeff in the corner!
• The Last Nail
  Electronic Arts lays off staff, stumbles toward future.

Today’s links of interest:

• Sometimes Twitter Accounts About Sh*t Your Dad Says Get You TV Deals
  And there you have it: the secret to success.
• Murdoch to Google: Search This
  Douglas Rushkoff tries to explore Rupert Murdoch’s search temper tantrum and comes up short by confusing search with access. Please, Mr. Murdoch, block Google and other search engines from your sites. You’ve had the power to do this all along; it’s really not hard. Your challenge really comes in finding new readers — that’s a lot of marketing dollars with possibly limited benefits.
• Checking accounts: A new source of fees?
  Banks know that the customers are loaning them money, right? They get that, right?

Today’s links of interest:

• Gawker Destroyed Nikki Finke. So Why Doesn’t It Matter?
  We wondered if anyone else caught this. Turns out someone was paying attention.
• Edwyn Collins stopped from sharing his music online
  This is sad and scary. Especially the part about Warner Brothers claiming to own something they don’t and not fixing it right away.
• Visually-Impaired-Gamer-Sues-Sony
  Hmm, could have interesting implications.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – Nov 9, 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
  Somehow missed this story. While it won’t eliminate stupid patent lawsuits (TM), it’s an interesting test of what is patentable.

Today’s links of interest:

• Disney Bets $180M on ‘Christmas’
  Apparently Disney thinks it’s a bright idea to spend $180 million on a remake of A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey. That’s before prints and ads, apparently. You gotta wonder.
• Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
  Because it’s all about ego, right?

Today’s links of interest:

• Music Industry Changes Tune of New Program to Fight File Sharing
  Interesting.
• Video: The bike tree – the 21st-century cycle shed
  This is pretty cool.

Today’s links of interest:

• SU – Drunk Frenchman Opens Bottle Of Wine With Shoe (VIDEO)
  This is the kind of important news we live to bring the world.
• EMI sues US music website over Beatles tunes
  Well, of course they’re suing. It’s really the only possible solution, right?
• The Boss’ book bonanza
  Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is expected to receive a $10 million advance.

Today’s links of interest:

• Collecting Headlines Funnier Than This
  The staff of The Onion devotes two days a week to creating headlines (then writing/assigning the associated stories). Would that major media put that much thought into the process!
• Exclusive: How I Unmasked @FakeAPStylebook (an Only-on-Twitter Story)
  Oddly, this wasn’t an unmasking we wanted, though it’s interesting. We love @fakeapstylebook.
• Weezer Snuggie Infomercial
  So many things wrong with this, it has to be right (YouTube).

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – Nov 3, 2009

Today’s links of interest:

• Quietube: A surprise proxy for the Middle East
  In which something unexpected is born. Love this.
• Latest Signs of a Dying Industry
  An interesting take on the Death of Newspapers: The World Series offers a startling barometer of how critical the health of the newspaper industry is in this country. It’s not yet on life support, but it’s getting there. The latest bleak picture is exhibited in the number of newspapers that are not covering the World Series.