I'm getting worried that Apple could sell me... to myself. Here's how _____________________________ Announcing the iME from Apple. What is it? Well, it starts when you start wearing elegant white or charcoal clothing. Then you have a general feeling of aloofness and only partial compatibility with your fellow human beings. You'll quickly get used … Continue reading Apple Marketing
Category: Media (Culture / Content)
Music industry, distribution, disruption etc
Business Week Op Ed “One Way to Save the Music Industry”
One Way to Save the Music Industry, Business Week, 29 July 2010 By Johnny Ryan and Allègre L. Hadida Given the persistence of digital music piracy, a new subscription-creation model borrowed from online gaming could aid ailing record labels Does the answer to music retailing's collapse lie within the computer game industry? Global music revenues … Continue reading Business Week Op Ed “One Way to Save the Music Industry”
Three strikes, copyright and copytight?
Together with a colleague at the IIEA, Caitriona Heinl, I have been examining the current state of three strikes measures against music piracy (see earlier related blog entry). This comes as part of an IIEA study. This document presents an overview of “three strikes” measures, what they seek to achieve, the mechanisms by which they … Continue reading Three strikes, copyright and copytight?
Kool DJ Herc and the future of hacked media
Celebrating the arrival of page proofs of the book, this snippet comes from a section that describes the future of 'extruded media'... A digital media boom is underway in which assertive audiences are beginning to use and extrude media rather than watch it. To understand the nature of the coming global media boom, reflect on … Continue reading Kool DJ Herc and the future of hacked media
Links worth clicking: David Simon of The Wire
David Simon, one of the duo behind The Wire, The Corner, and Generation Kill, on society and news journalism: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2009/aug/29/david-simon-edinburgh-interview-full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8E8xBXFLKE (skip the first 6 minutes of preliminary dialogue) (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNkL12QD68 (part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPZYjRgqTI David Simon, "Does the news matter to anyone anymore?", The Washington Post, 20 January 2008.
New Audiences and the digital fourth wall
Working on the forthcoming book. Here's a teaser the changed media environment... The theatres of the Elizabethan and Stuart eras were venues where ‘a thousand townsemen, gentlemen and whores, porters and serving–men together throng’, according to one contemporary account. The decorum of the modern theatre did not apply. Heckles and sometimes projectiles came at the … Continue reading New Audiences and the digital fourth wall
Newspaper circulation decline
The decline in newspaper circulation is a topic I've begun to explore for the forthcoming book on the history of the Internet. In May 2009, the Newspaper Association of America issued figures revealing a 29.7% decline in US newspapers' print advertising revenues in a single quarter at the beginning of 2009. This presumably is partly … Continue reading Newspaper circulation decline
The MP3, its origins, and its impact
Continuing on the music theme for my forthcoming book, and the disruption caused by the Internet to established industries... In 1996, the song ‘Until it sleeps’ by Metallica became the first track to be illegally copied from CD, encoded as an MP3, and made available on the Internet by a user operating under the nickname … Continue reading The MP3, its origins, and its impact
Music industry: hope in the Long Tail and a long history of technological turmoil
A thought on an area that I'm going to have to tackle for the book. In 1999, the top 10 albums in the United States generated sales worth over 54.6 $M. By the end of 2008, that figure had fallen to just under $18.7 $M. What is happening? Update ( 13/06/2010 - with correction): From … Continue reading Music industry: hope in the Long Tail and a long history of technological turmoil
Much happening in Ireland’s digital sector
Not only will this month see the launch of the new CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), lead by Brian Honan, but also the discussion on establishing a digital rights trading and services hub in Ireland has been heating up. The Digital Media Forum, based at the Digital Hub, has released an article entitled "A vision … Continue reading Much happening in Ireland’s digital sector
A marvelous sentiment
Adam Curtis, the BBC documentary maker with a keen eye for archival footage and historical trends said this, during an interview with the Register: “We should be saying to people ‘I’m going to take you out of yourself and show you something you haven’t thought of, which is either awesome, or incredible, or will inspire … Continue reading A marvelous sentiment
Dr Johnny Ryan FRHistS 