"According to a source familiar with his thinking, Jobs has recognized that ‘mobile ads suck’ and that improving that situation will make Apple even harder to beat." BusinessWeek -"Apple vs. Google" Aren’t ads supposed to suck? Google survives, quite nicely, on providing targeted ads.  You may not click on them, but enough people do that […]

Lou Pearlman saw a structural hole in the music business.  He foresaw a desire for cute, young boys singing melodic songs, dancing all the while. Was anybody producing anything similar?  Was melodic music dominating the charts? No, as the nineties wore on, beats were the key.  Rap was king.  If you wanted to compete in […]

"Sometimes you want more for somebody than they want for themselves." Herschel Walker’s mom Which way does Howard Stern want it?  Does he want the money or the reach? Yesterday, he was busy citing the Arbitron report that claimed over 35 million people listened to satellite radio. Arbitron: Over 35 million listeners tune into Sirius […]

From: Scott BorchettaSubject: Re: The Changing LandscapeDate: January 10, 2010 The following plays into your ‘corporate vs. indy’ slant… An independent label had the biggest selling album of 2009 and the biggest selling artist of 2008 who is also the biggest selling digital artist of all time (Billboard/Soundscan).  She has huge online presence and unmatched […]