Media Business

Piracy Shmiracy: We Need New 21st Century Business Models

John Tarnoff | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Media Business, Stop Online Piracy Act, Entertainment, Pipa, Online Piracy, Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Movies, Sopa, Media News
John Tarnoff

The MPAA and NATO are panicking because they don't know how to replace revenues lost not to piracy, but to newer commercial content platforms like Netflix or YouTube. This is a better explanation for the brinksmanship over the now-tabled SOPA/PIPA legislation.

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Post 50 Music: The Lost Audience

Hank Bordowitz | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Media Business, Young Adults, Post-Fifty, Entertainment, Generational-Change, The Lost Generation, Media, Post-Fifty Culture, Teenagers, Lost Audience Music, Fifty News
Hank Bordowitz

We are the generation that invaded record stores on Wednesday, when the new releases came out, wanting to be the first of our friends to have the new cool album. We slept on sidewalks outside of Korvettes for the first tickets to the Dr. Pepper Festival. We took and continue to take our musical entertainment seriously. It matters to us.

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Reorganizing National TV Competitive Sets Based on Business Relationships

Jack Myers | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Tv Ad Spending, Ad Executives, Media Business, TV Networks, Business News
Jack Myers

As advertisers, media agency buyers and media planners approach the annual national TV Upfront season, Jack Myers Media Business Report asked them to ...

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The New Power Girls: Here Is What the Internet Is, What It Will Do and What to Do About It (Including Making Money)

The New Power Girls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Business, The Internet, Making Money on the Internet, The New Power Girls, Internet Revenue Models, Media News
The New Power Girls

The internet is unique that it enables both communications and information delivery in one environment. No other platform can do this.

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The New Power Girls: What A Power Girl Needs To Know About The Future Of The Social Internet

The New Power Girls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Business, Future of Tv, Future of Media, Future of the Internet, Women Entrepreneurs, Women in Business, The New Power Girls, Power Women, Business News
The New Power Girls

The internet is nothing more than a communications and information distribution platform. What distinguishes it is that it can do everything that earlier platforms (TV, radio, etc.) can.

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The New Power Girls: Understanding The Future Of The Internet And How Women Entrepreneurs Are Taking Advantage Of It

The New Power Girls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Business, Women Founders, Future of Media, Women Startups, Women Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Women in Business, Business, The Future of the Internet, The New Power Girls, Media News
The New Power Girls

It's a sunny afternoon in the Los Angeles area as I take a chair at the long, rectangular table facing attendees at the Digital Hollywood conference. ...

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The Recession Hits Home

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Media Business, Economy, Marc Gunther, Lucy Kellaway, Recession, Election Anxiety, Fortune, Sustainability, Business News
Marc Gunther

I'd love to spend some time in the developing world. (Wouldn't it be great if we could find a way to "green" China, India and Africa, while helping to alleviate global poverty?)

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Recession Strategy for the Radio Industry: Cut Spot Costs Now and Make Long-Term Deals

Jack Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clear Channel, Money, Radio, Media Business, Advertising, Radio Advertisements, Radio Industry, Media, Business News
Jack Myers

The time for radio, newspaper, magazine, local television, yellow pages and other media companies to institute turnaround strategies has long-since past.

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