Media +Technology Intelligence
By now, even Amazon would acknowledge mishandling the remote deletion of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from hundreds of unsuspecting Kindles last week in response to a dispute over the rights to the works in the U.S. Apart from the near criminal lack of irony required to send 1984 — of all books — Read More …
The Media Wonk was away from this post recently while pursuing actual paid employment. But now that that’s behind me, it’s time to clear out the folder of stuff-I-meant-to-get-to-when-I-have-the-time. Here’s one item: Last month, a group of archaeologists announced the discovery, made last fall, of a 35-40,000 year old, five-hole flute made from a vulture Read More …
The Digital Entertainment Group takes the Sarah Palin Rouge-Lipped Hockey Mom Prize this week for slathering lipstick on the runtish snout of the home video market. The industry spinmeisters reported that total consumer home entertainment spending for the first half of 2009 was down a mere 3.9% compared to last year. Not bad, you say, Read More …
The Media Wonk is eye-ball deep in another assignment this week. (Semi-) regular posting will resume after July 13th. Or thereabouts.
The most depressing, if least surprising aspect to the flap over the Washington Post’s now-abandoned plan to sell access to public officials and its own editorial staffers in the form of big-money “salons” for lobbyists was the Post’s naked fetishizing of “those powerful few” who “actually get it done” on Capitol Hill. I live and work in Washington, Read More …