1. The world is getting smaller. 2. Despite income inequality, the gap between rich and poor, consumer and company, famous and obscure, is closing. Used to be it would be impossible for the punter to reach the celebrity. Now all he has to do is tweet. 3. Image is everything. Yours doesn’t have to be […]

As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle No one ever reads to the end. Wherein it is stated, by both Cliff Burnstein and Don Passman, paragons of the old model, that the future’s so bright they gotta wear shades. Isn’t it funny that the artists are bitching about Spotify. You didn’t hear them […]

Buy YouTube ads. Once upon a time, YouTube was a free-for-all. Not only were copyrights infringed willy-nilly, there was no revenue model. Boy have times changed. Rightsholders realize it’s better to get paid on unauthorized videos and money comes in from…ads. I hate ’em. Everybody does. Talk to Greg Sandoval, who left CNET after being […]

They’re gonna wipe out college! Well, everything but the elite universities. Courses are gonna be online, you’re going to be able to learn from the best professors on the planet. So, unless you’re a star, you’re HISTORY! How did this happen? Let’s see… College has been a rip-off for eons. Overpriced, with lame courses all […]