Media +Technology Intelligence
I managed to catch an uncut version of the original Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three on cable the other night and stayed up to watch it despite having seen it upteen times. It’s still one of the all-time great New York movies, especially for anyone who lived in the city around that time (the Read More …
For those with a deterministic view of digital technology’s impact on information economies, Brad Stone’s piece in the NYTimes this morning is a good read. Stone reports on the efforts of Polyphonic Music, the new venture formed by Radiohead manager Brian Message to invest directly in the careers of budding musicians. Polyphonic typically invests a Read More …
A couple of data points I would have liked to have seen but could not find in the study released Monday by the International Intellectual Property Alliance on the copyright industries’ $1.5 trillion contribution to U.S. GDP: 1) What portion of the economic activity in what the report classify as “non-core” copyright industries is being counted toward that Read More …
Now we know why Toshiba is apparently ready to swallow its corporate pride and begin selling Blu-ray players: According to new projections by the Consumer Electronics Assn., sales of CE products are expected to drop 7.7% in 2009, to $165 billion, as the recession continues to grind away consumer spending. The one CE product category expected Read More …
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 …