communications industry structure, including mass media, advertising, and telephone companies
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s award-winning CEO, recently predicted the end of print media: In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are going to be turned upside down — my opinion. Here are the premises I have. Number one, there will be no media consumption left in 10 years that is … Continue reading print fills the streets
The U.K. Competition Appeal Tribune recently issued a “judgment on the core issues” in a dispute concerning U.K. mobile call termination rates. The judgment concerns mobile call termination rates that were in effect from 1 Sept. 2006 to 1 April 2007. That’s a period slightly shorter than the period between the Competition Appeal Tribune’s judgment … Continue reading U.K. mobile call termination feeding continues
While stories are staples of television programming, the most popular YouTube videos are predominately music videos from major record labels. Among the all-time most viewed YouTube channels, the leader is the Universal Music Group channel. That channel has about as many views as the total of the nine next highest viewed channels, all but one … Continue reading stories largely missing in online video
A free, semi-monthly book magazine recently launched in the DC area. Called Bit o’ Lit, the magazine has contained five book excerpts averaging about 5.5 pages each. The magazine is being distributed through 50 newspapers boxes placed across the city. At least the first issue was also hand-distributed outside metro stations. Bit o’ Lit states … Continue reading pay for carriage in a book magazine
The above video documents the production of a ten-second news segment for a U.S. national news network. In this segment, a network correspondent declared that the (then) upcoming Indiana primary is a “must win” for Hillary Clinton. The production involved a satellite truck, a two-person video crew, and the news correspondent. The production location apparently … Continue reading economics of news production