So what we’ve got here is a Universal alliance that allows the music conglomerate a chance to pick up nascent acts, merging them into their system with all its advantages.  Huh? That’s the problem here.  No one knows what acts are successful!  We’ve got to get that data, we’ve got to get inside, so we […]

I’m not excited about this.  I’m quite happy with OS X.  I’m not one of the minions tearing their hair out, bitching about Vista.  But as a business story, this is fascinating. You see Microsoft is married to an old business model.  They make their money selling Windows and Office.  What if these are suddenly […]

Buzz starts at the bottom. I hate press releases.  Almost as much as I hate the people who e-mail me their MP3s unsolicited and ask for a ride to stardom (as if I could provide one!) I spend all day at the computer.  Surfing regular sites that might amaze you.  But I’ve ferreted out the […]

The Death Of Traditional Media The story was broken on TMZ and spread on Twitter.  Not only was the straight media caught flat-footed, stating that it was playing by traditional rules, waiting for confirmation, it let TMZ continue to own the story. In other words, in the future, if a story is breaking, you will […]