Archive for the 'Online' Category


New York Times On Streaming

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 […]

Zoosk

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 […]

More Winners and Losers

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 […]

What The Hell, One More

I’m not gonna write a book. Not a day goes by that I don’t get that e-mail. Well, at least multiple times a week. People think that will give me the imprimatur of success, will cement my credibility! But the bottom line is I already reach more people than just about every author alive and […]