Here’s a factor not often accounted for when considering the cost of content, “free” or otherwise http://www.businessinsider.com/procter-and-gamble-bans-netflix-and-pandora-2012-4
Targeted Content Development and Curation
for Legacy and Online Media
The “Freaky Line” in Frictionless Sharing
Sure there are generational differences in our expectations of privacy and Facebook has succeeded in stretching the line, sometimes to the breaking point, triggering protests by users. Most of us want to keep at least a few things private.
Even if you’re not concerned about an update that says “John just watched Megan Makes it with [...]
What Lies Beneath – The DMCA
Whenever I have an in depth discussion about online radio, questions invariably come up like “Why can’t I choose the song I like?” or “Will Pandora last?” A lot of what determines those answers lies in the legal foundation provided by the much misunderstood Digital Millennium Copyright Act, (generally abbreviated to DMCA). But the long [...]
No Free Lunch
There’s a lot of excitement about internet radio. It’s understandable, given the wide variety, degrees of personalization and increasing availability, especially in cars. But profits remain elusive as Dorothy Pomerantz explains in this article from Forbes http://tinyurl.com/443gl5a
FM in Cells – Do Listeners Care?
The radio business has made it a priority to get FM in cell phones. HD Radio will soon be available, too. They’re both good ideas, as it’s clearly better to have as many platforms and opportunities for listening as economically feasible. But how many will actually use it? This study by Dave Ramsey is enlightening, [...]
Sounds of Life
This is a story about knowing your customer but also about the importance of sound in evoking emotion. It’s something radio people think about a lot but is too often forgotten in other media. http://tinyurl.com/3epc2rb
Share Your Ideas about Radio’s Future
We’re looking for creative thinking on radio’s future, to be presented in the industry’s first crowdsourced keynote, Brainstorming the Future – What If? If you’ve got a vision, we’ve got the audience at Radio Ink’s Radio Tech Summit, May 17 at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, CA. So let your imagination run wild [...]
A New Idea for Newspapers
Talk about a way to make newspapers more relevant. This is a great idea which takes advantage of newspapers’ deep local knowledge. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=145809&nid=124289
Good News for Local Media
I’m often distressed to read about the low opinion so many Americans have of national news, since I know so many journalists who have spent their lives trying to deliver accurate, insightful information to the best of their abilities. Some with international beats even risk their lives to do so. But it’s good to see, [...]