Comcast-NBC: The Comcastic Details
Media Wonk readers who also happen to be paying subscribers to GigaOm Pro can read my take on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal deal here.
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The un-reality of Partygate
The White House party crashers is not a subject that would usually occupy The Media Wonk. But here in Washington, with so many people running about, flapping their arms like frightened hens over the horror of it all, it’s a very difficult story to ignore. After the crashers themselves and White House social secretary Desiree Read More …
Google lets publishers close the free back door
Check out my post on today’s Google News annoucement over at GigaOm. In perfect illustration of the tension between paid and free content online, I gave it to GigaOm because they paid me for it. I’ll probably have more to say here for free in an upcoming post.
Selectable outputs, or selectable logic?
The long-running battle at the Federal Communications Commission over the MPAA’s petition for a waiver of the rules banning the use of selectable output controls on devices that can receive TV signals is turning into a textbook example of how regulation can distort business decisions. The electronics industry is the economic sector that produces electronic Read More …
The TV Everywhere MacGuffin
I wrote a long-ish post for GigaOm Pro the other day on TV Everywhere headlined, Split Decision on Paying For TV Everywhere. Most of the post is behind a pay-wall but nothing in the analysis it provides would be unfamiliar to readers of The Media Wonk. The post drew an interesting response from GigaOm subscriber MichaelMcNabb. Read More …