How can Vevo not be profitable? That’s what Rio Caraeff said in the "Financial Times".  That "We hope to be profitable in a fairly short number of years." Let me see…  You aggregate already produced videos, which in any event are on a different balance sheet, you make a deal with YouTube wherein 80-90% of […]

Here’s the money quote: "Carolla cites his experiences as a frequent guest with Jay Leno in both late night and prime time. ‘I’d get a plug: "Adam’s going to be at the Irvine Improv," ‘ he says. ‘Jay Leno probably has 4- to-5 million viewers a night. You check back with the ticket guys. "Yeah, […]

Once upon a time this only referred to the talking heads in Washington, D.C., prognosticating on politics like they really knew what was going on in the rest of the country when they didn’t.  Now it applies to all major media, from TV to newspapers, they’re out of touch. Last week Steve Jobs took to […]

Uh-oh. With AT&T announcing limited wireless data plans, the unavailability of an unlimited plan unless you are a legacy customer, what does this mean for services that depend on streaming via the cloud, like Pandora? Pandora may be making money, but once its users find out they’ve got to pay to listen to that music, […]