Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

03 Sep 2010 12:11

tags

Tech: Ignore the haters: Netflix has a successful and awesome model

  • If you want to predict the demise of Netflix, go ahead—but somewhere there’s a hat for you, ready to be eaten.
  • Slate writer James Ledbetter • Reminding all you jerks not to count out Netflix, because they’ve actually been hugely successful over the years. Ledbetter suggests it might be because the model at launch seemed so simple – they did one thing (rent movies via mail) and did it really well. Despite the many naysayers, the company’s currently trading at $130 and has a very successful digital video platform that even Apple’s bowing to. As a wise man once said time and time again: Haters gonna hate. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 Feb 2010 22:35

tags

Biz, Tech: Why does Wal-Mart have a limit on buying new release DVDs?

  • five the number of copies of a newly released DVD you can buy from Wal-Mart; Target also does this
  • 40% the percentage of DVDs that kiosk company Redbox buys from Wal-Mart or Target; hmm source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Feb 2010 18:52

tags

Biz, Tech: The Associated Press continues its shakedown of Web giants

  • We’re breaking our longstanding AP boycott for this story. The Associated Press today reached a new deal with our boys at Yahoo News, giving the wire service more money to host the content from the news service we know and love. Details aren’t being disclosed, but let’s just say that no major changes are taking place as of yet. Oh yeah, Google News hasn’t hosted AP stories since their contract expired in December. Didya know that? You probably didn’t notice, because Google News is that good. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

31 Jan 2010 09:47

tags

Music: Lady Gaga: An example of how the music business goes forward?

Gaga’s odd sound and image has ruled music. How? Credit her business model, where, for more promotion, a cut of EVERYTHING goes to the record company. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

22 Jul 2009 10:36

tags

Biz, Tech: TechDirt approaches blogging like tech-savvy musicians

  • If only we could do this. Then we’d truly be smart. TechDirt, a popular technology blog well-known for taking the music industry to task for its heavy-handed approach to technology, has gone out of its way to champion artists who have fully embraced the promotional tool technology can be, such as Trent Reznor and Jill Sobule. Now, they’ve gone a step further and used these very techniques as tools to promote the site. Give a donation of a certain amount, and you can become a member of the site’s music club or book club and get tons of amazing goodies. Give a bit more and the site will review your business model. Genius, kids. Genius. *golf clap* source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
 
top tags