Netflix, look elsewhere!

Netflix and Walmart have decided to partner, turning over all of 100,000 Walmart DVD rental customers to Netflix. Not bad, but probably, also, not great! This is a good block and tackle strategy for Netflix, and it IS good news that at least one of the competitors becomes an ally. But the threats of the

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Silicon Valley: Invite Bob and Harvey Weinstein for a chat

So, what is the spec for the next generation film studio? While Los Angeles still reigns supreme as the capital of the film industry, New York seems to be creating a niche for itself in independent “little” films. As Broadband becomes broader and more ubiquitous, what role will Silicon Valley play, to further unshackle the film industry from the clutches of the Hollywood power structure.

Open Source of Book Publishing?

I want to point my readers to Peter Redford’s experiment in creating a Publishing Empire by using the web as a democratic medium akin to Open Source … Browse Books, Inc. is a concept that Peter is experimenting with. A hypothetical press release could read … “Merged-media book publisher, BROWSE, announced today that it is

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Should Netflix own proprietary content?

Tiffany does. HBO does. Jewelry designer Paloma Picasso designs exclusive pieces for Tiffany. It gives consumers a reason to come to Tiffany and only to Tiffany to buy designer jewelry by Paloma Picasso, Elsa Peretti and others. Roger McNamee writes: “If you are a content owner, proliferating distribution offers lots of opportunity for incremental profits.

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