Archive for the 'Online' Category


Sales vs. YouTube

SoundScan #1: Jack Johnson “From Here To Now” Sales: 117,260 Debut Entered the chart at number one! Got ink in every major newspaper! But the single, “I Got You,” has 1,157,909 plays on YouTube. Not bad…in 2011. But in 2013, when Miley Cyrus has 173,715,141 views of “Wrecking Ball,” I ask you…who is the biggest […]

Porn

Got your attention there, didn’t I? If you want to know the future for all media, look to pornography, it leads the way. Porn was the first to videocassette, the first to DVD, the first to the Internet, and the first to be eviscerated by the Web. Wait a minute? It’s EVERYWHERE! There’s more porn […]

Virality

The Internet is maturing. What does that mean? Stunts will be scarce and the odds of going from obscurity to fame are dropping ever lower. Remember when record labels used to sponsor YouTube contests? Those evaporated. You can’t ask people to make clips for a small prize when they’re too busy uploading their own concoctions […]

Social Media

1. We want to connect. 2. We want to participate. 3. We want access. 4. We want to know what our favorite celebrities are up to. 5. We want to know someone is reading our complaint to the corporation. 6. We want to put in little to get out a lot. 7. Clutter is our […]