Backstage at MusiCares, Scott Rodger told me McCartney had nothing against Spotify, that he just wanted to do it right, that they were EQ’ing the catalogue and when it was ready, it would appear. And that first was "Ram". Not one of my favorite McCartney solo albums. Not as much of a let-down as "Wild [...]

It’s a publicity stunt. And based on my inbox, it worked. Hi, I’ve been on a plane all day, flying to NYC for Internet Week and then on to Philadelphia for the Non-Commvention. And the gentleman sitting next to me in business development for Amgen waxed rhapsodic that if only there was one site with [...]

"When one understands that consumers now spend more time in mobile apps than they do online (http://bit.ly/zrMv4F) Instagram’s value begins to make sense." Social Networking Ends Games 40 Month Mobile Reign This statistic utterly astounded me. This revolution has been underreported, it seems only techies are in the loop. In other words, we all ready [...]

Why are artists so damn ignorant?THE HARLAN COBEN RULE "Mr. Coben says he just wants what any writer wants – more readers. ‘The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don’t care if anyone reads it,’ Mr. Coben says. ‘A writer without a reader doesn’t exist.’" Harlan [...]