Media +Technology Intelligence
Microsoft’s kick-off presser at E3 in LA tops the news this moring. The big takeaway was the rollout of Project Natal for the Xbox 360, which uses a 3D video camera to let people control on-screen game action by moving their bodies, rather than with a Wii-like wand or thumb-busting hand-held controller (see reports here, Read More …
Well I feel like an idiot (again). No sooner had The Media Wonk posted his idle speculation that prospective-Justice Sonia Sotomayor might provide a crucial vote for cert. in the Cablevision case than the Department of Justice submitted its long-awaited brief in the case strongly urging the Supreme Court to take a pass. While not the Read More …
Topping the news this morning, the New York Times reports that Google was telling publishers at the annual BookExpo over the weekend that it is committed to launching a new service by the end of the year that would allow publishers to sell ebooks directly to consumers at prices set by the publishers. That would Read More …
Zachary Seward has a very smart post up today at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab blog about yesterday’s meeting of top newspaper capi in Chicago to discuss “Models to Monetize Content.” Seward lists four important but often-overlooked points in the debate around newspapers charging for content online. Two in particular are worth underscoring: 2. Pay walls aren’t necessarily Read More …
Just speculating here, but I wonder if Sotomayor, who is clearly comfortable in cyberspace, might provide another critical vote for cert. in Cablevision. Read More …