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Archive for June, 2009

The Subduction Zone Put To Music

The tectonic shifts transforming the media and advertising landscape have always been fascintaing to me a stand as one of the central areas of focus of this blog. And while the earthquakes and volcanos along the fault lines are worthy of the headlines they grab, I am equally intrigued by the smaller events and more [...]

Media & Daily Newspaper Headlines

As usual, I have fallen behind on my posts and am resorting to the easy (and somewhat lazy) tactic of posting headlines that caught my eye over the past few weeks.
• As if print media didn’t have it tough enough these days, distributors are clamoring for a price increase to get magazines onto the newsstands. [...]

The Fascination In Watching Old Media Being Subducted Beneath New Media

With increasing frequency, seismic shock waves have been reverberating through the media world, grabbing headlines and shifting the way people think about the drastically altered landscape. These might, for example, include daily newspapers announcing massive layoffs as they inch closer to bankruptcy, the introduction of technology that allows people to rent, download and watch feature-length [...]