Rolling Stone is running a two-part series on “The Record Industry’s Decline.” They seem to pin the tipping point on the moment the industry refused to work with Napster in 2000, instead launching their own music download services, none of which worked as well as Napster. Soon after Napster shut down, what had been the [...]
Archive for June, 2007
“The (record) labels killed themselves.”
Published by June 29th, 2007 in Music, Technology and Web/Internet. 0 Comments“The future is here, and it’s not an iPhone…”
Published by June 21st, 2007 in PCs and Technology. 0 Comments“It’s a big-ass table.”
This send-up of Microsoft’s Surface (courtesy of SarcasticGamer.com) kind of made me realize how silly this concept really is…
Fans protest and bring back “Jericho”
Published by June 6th, 2007 in Marketing Events, Television and Web/Internet. 0 CommentsTo quote Nina Tassler, “wow.” This hardly ever happens, but kudos to these fans, who were able to bring back Jericho, their favorite show, from cancellation:
In a letter to “Jericho” fans that opened simply with “Wow!,” the president of CBS Entertainment, Nina Tassler, praised the “impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion” evident in the [...]
