‘Media & Entertainment’ Archives
Blogger Rehab: The iPad Edition
Unless you've been living off the grid, you know Apple launched the iPad last week. And, for the first time in many years, I didn't wait in line, run to the store or pre-order a new Apple product. Oh believe me... I wanted to... I practically need a 12-step program to keep me away from an Apple Store (hello... I'm Lloyd-O and I am an Apple [...]
“Space Available” Everywhere
Walking my 5-year-old to school this morning down the tree lined streets, the air scented with spring, I felt this seemingly perfect moment was somehow lacking. Not enough cheerful birds chirping? Too few friendly neighbors waving hello in their perky pajamas? No... after noting a blue plastic wrapped NY Times on a late-sleeping lawn, it hit [...]
Truthiness: Hulu Loses Stewart and Colbert
Great piece by Erick Schoenfeld in Seeking Alpha today, delineating the problems with Hulu's business model and why other content owners, besides Viacom, might pull their content. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are established hit shows for Viacom — they're big enough that Viacom shouldn't have to share ad revenues with [...]
Anderson’s Long Tail Don’t Wag The Dog
“If the twentieth-century entertainment industry was about hits, the twenty-first will be equally about niches.” In 2004, Chris Anderson wrote his much-publicized theory on “The Long Tail” in Wired (with continuing coverage in his The Long Tail Blog), followed by a more expansive treatment in his best-selling book in 2006. In these [...]
TV tonight: PBS’ FRONTLINE: “Digital Nation”
PBS\' FRONTLINE: \"Digital Nation\" For those of you not watching the season premiere of LOST, PBS's FRONTLINE airs "Digital Nation" at 9 PM PST, exploring the ramifications of information overload and a world constantly connected.
New York Times: Bill Carter’s Final Words on Conan
Interesting article by Bill Carter in the NYT yesterday on the Conan O'Brien "Tonight Show" saga. Despite receiving an impressive outpouring of support from fans for his last week hosting The Tonight Show, the younger viewers did not watch regularly in the previous weeks or Conan "would almost surely still be hosting" the show. At least, the [...]
From the WSJ: Only Joe Queenan can compare Leno to Hitler
NBC Will Regret Appeasing Leno: Conan was the Czechoslovakia of late-night TV.
Mock Ken Burns Documentary Chronicles NBC’s Late Night Civil War
"The Late Night War" from Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Dick Cheney of TV
Fans of car crashes and train wrecks might want to check out Monday's Charlie Rose with Jeff Zucker. Zucker, who Jon Stewart has called the "Dick Cheney of television" for his polyannaish view of the networks late night wars, submitting himself to Rose's firing squad (Rose began the interview by noting that since Zucker took over in 2000, [...]
APOC: mission statement
I'm an avid media consumer, a user and abuser. Ten years ago, I would have lusted after that obscure French heist film, cult television series, or out-of-print 1950s jazz album, spending years hunting them down. They are now clicks away. I have unparalleled access to content and I can join other enthusiastic like-minded communities of [...]
