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Apr
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Everything popular is wrong: Making it in electronic music, despite democratization – Little White Earbuds

Great write-up on long tail media. Applies for web and mobile apps as well.
Tags: media   long tail   democratization  
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Jun
4th
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iA » Cosmic 140—The Best Gift for Geeks

The cosmic map of the most influential people on Twitter.
Tags: twitter   entrepreneurship   internet   media  
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Mar
10th
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Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News”

Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News”

Tags: entrepreneurship   online   internet   newspaper   media  
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Feb
2nd
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Facebook And Twitter Will Always Be Crappy Businesses

Insightful post by Tripod founder Bo Peabody on social networks and the online media business.
Tags: entrepreneurship   media   internet   social networks  
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Jan
27th
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Newsday Online Hits A (Pay)Wall

A Long Island newspaper invested €4 million to redesign its online website with content behind a paywall. They got 35 subscribers in 3 months.

The web site redesign and relaunch cost the Dolans $4 million, according to Mr. Jimenez. With those 35 people, they’ve grossed about $9,000.

Second tier newspapers’ only chance to get some subscription revenue from paying online customers could be taking a share of offers bundling together access to several sources of premium content. The role of aggregator may be taken on by Apple iTunes or Amazon Kindle.

Tags: entrepreneurship   media   online  
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Jun
13th
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As with print-based media, Internet-based distribution generates only a tiny fraction of the revenue and profit that today’s incumbent cable, broadcast, and satellite distribution models do.  As Internet-based distribution gains steam, therefore, most TV industry incumbents will no longer be able to support their existing cost structures.
— Sorry, There’s No Way To Save The TV Business
Tags: tv   media   internet  
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