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    bluesmoke
    Jul 15 09:03 AM
    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    All I know is other than talk radio, terrestrial radio has definitely lost its way. Reply
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    Duude
    Jul 15 08:55 AM
    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    Why would anyone listen to a guy that would pay money to listen to a low-brow broadcast like Howard Stern? Reply
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    Rosenblum
    Jul 15 08:23 AM
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    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    Absolutely fascinating. And what is 'seeking alpha"? Reply
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    User 226507
    Jul 15 08:21 AM
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    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    Family Guy is fun to watch at seefamilyguy.com Reply
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    Dr Phil
    Jul 15 08:19 AM
    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    Not so fast. The quality on the iPhone radio is tinny at best. I thought I would use it and drop my XM, but the sound is not up to par. More like AM in the 60's. Reply
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    the little
    guy
    Jul 15 08:06 AM
    Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers [view article]
    "where there's smoke there's fire" and when the smoke clears, accountability?, we can only hope...
    Remember how hard the buggy-whip manufactures tried to stop the automobile...     Reply
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    Seth
    Jul 10 09:15 PM
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    Will the Internet Harm Media's Major Players? [view article]
    Thanks Scott. Appreciate the feedback.

    I completely agree with you on point two. The ala carte ability to buy single songs instead of being forced to a full album is a major distinction I didn't include and should have... next time around, I guess.

    On the nit over bypassing encryption, I partly agree there too. It's true, for those who choose to do it, it's not that hard to bypass the DRM on videos. And you're right it only has to happen once before it’s out there. On the other hand, the size of feature length video files requires anybody copying/moving/recodin... them from DVD work through issues of compression, bandwidth and computing power. That’s especially true if they want to re-encode to a DVD they can use with their television. It’ll take software and time. Are those challenges much of a blockade? Probably not. But viewing it in the context of what can be done on "main street" versus by the "tech savvy" leads me to think that added difficulty has some value to the broader debate. How much value though? Not sure.

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    Scott Berry
    Jul 10 06:34 PM
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    Will the Internet Harm Media's Major Players? [view article]
    Seth, great summary and analysis. I tend to think Lehman is wrong, at the very least in their timing, but probably overall.

    One nit: ripping DVDs is only slightly more difficult than copying songs off of CDs. The important point, however, is that it only has to happen once. Then the toothpaste is out of the tube.

    Two things you didn't mention that should be noted:

    1. Production costs for "good" (big budget) video are significantly higher than for music. And it can be performed live, so there's still a revenue stream. Thus, while piracy won't necessarily kill music it could conceivably destroy Hollywood video if piracy manages to shrink revenue sufficiently (I don't believe it will).

    2. Part of the change to the music model was that people could get (legally or otherwise) single songs instead of albums. As much as 90% of a CD that used to yield revenue/profit is now at risk as people buy the wheat and ignore the chaff. That option doesn't exist for movies (though it might for TV series). So there's another difference.

    Again, good show, I like your stuff!     Reply
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    repoocc
    Jul 10 08:33 AM
    YouTube’s 4% Problem Is Really Part of The Solution [view article]
    1.6 B in acquisition costs, massive bandwidth and server costs (to support an audience it cannot monetize) and copyright lawsuit costs seems like a problem to me. Reply
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    Frinks
    Jul 10 08:06 AM
    YouTube’s 4% Problem Is Really Part of The Solution [view article]
    I'm not sure if I agree. If I buy space on Hulu, I'm assured that I'm being represented in the context of a reasonably consistent environment. On YouTube, no matter how narrowly I target a buy, there's always going to be a pirated or otherwise undesirable clip nearby (or even being promoted on the same page).

    Even if they do sell 4%, that 4% isn't as valuable to me as it would be on a more thoughtfully run platform.     Reply
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    malach
    hamovess
    Jun 25 09:07 AM
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    Why Media Stocks Are Looking So Ugly [view article]
    worst of all - there is absolutely no moat around any of these stocks; cable has virtually obliterated any real barriers to entry; the internet has allowed anyone and everyone to compete; and the viewing public has become so diffuse, that the chance of sustained concentration in viewers or readers, or other devourers of content is slipping off the ledge.

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    J.P. Hannan
    Jun 20 03:10 PM
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    CBS/AOL Partnership: Great News for Internet Radio [view article]
    Mark, thanks for your note. I still think this is a profound event for internet radio, particularly when you factor in the widgets that enable such ease of use of this player on mobile applications. You are right, most of these CBS channels are already available on the station websites (as I also touched on), but having one platform for all of these stations as well as many more certainly makes it easier for the end user, particularly if your not familiar with the call letters or formats of the terrestrial stations.

    What I find most interesting in this deal is the willingness of CBS to work with AOL as opposed to purely going alone. These are not generally traits you see in a radio industry that has a tendency to be isolationist from outside industries- especially the tech world.

    Your point about homogenization of media is well taken, though that is a much bigger issue to be discussed.     Reply
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    Mark Lassoff
    Jun 12 12:00 PM
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    CBS/AOL Partnership: Great News for Internet Radio [view article]
    Great news? Are you kidding...

    AOL and CBS recently announced a deal that would give AOL the rights to rebroadcast CBS's terrestrial radio stations through its online radio network. While the deal does greatly increase the number of stations available to the AOL radio listening audience, I'm not entirely sure that this move really benefits the listeners. Have listeners been clamoring for more access to the same 10 radio formats-- and playlists -- that have been available in every market for years? Probably not.

    The highly touted new AOL player has about 15 different BOB/JACK style options which are stations that feature an iPod-like format. Less talk, personality, localization, and more music. The same music. Over and over and over again. Does having 15 of these stations available online somehow benefit the listener?

    AOL is also featuring the inclusion of WFAN-- New York's flagship sports station on its web site. That would be a really exciting development if the internet broadcast of WFAN wasn't available already on The Fan's own web site.

    Continuing to propagate different, localized versions of the same programming isn't really additional user choice-- it's additional corporate radio hegemony.

    Want to see what radio will look like 10 years from now? The internet will allow advertisers to become programming producers. Why sponsor someone else's program when you can brand and carry an entire line of programming without competitive marketing messages. It's time for the CBS radios and Clear Channel's of the world to realize that their time is over.
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    J.P. Hannan
    Jun 12 11:20 AM
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    CBS/AOL Partnership: Great News for Internet Radio [view article]
    As a follow-up to this article, just wanted to let readers know the new service launched this week. I recommend everyone check it out at aol.com Reply
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    sohcammer
    Jun 12 01:40 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    To answer your question nukldrager - the bailout money ends up in the hands of the executives in the form of ever increasing compensation packages while the company continues to struggle in a downward spiral. Not one of the executives at any of the banking/investment houses has come forward and said that they'll take one for the team. They'll resign under pressure with a big, fat check and the common investor that plays by the rules will get kicked in the nuts just before the door hits him in the ass on his way out. Is this starting to sound like Wall Street yet??? I always got a kick out of "business ethics" in college. What an oxymoron. Call me jaded, but I've always believed that the deck was stacked from day one and that the only way you get rich on wall street is follow the dirty money...believe nothing you here and only half of what you see.


    On Jun 10 08:22 AM nukldrager wrote:

    > Re Lehman warns of big loss, from the link;
    >
    > "...The use of debt, which helped fuel record profits when markets
    > were booming but also led to excessive risk-taking, has come back
    > to haunt them.
    > As Lehman and other securities firms now curtail their use of borrowed
    > cash, it will be much harder for them to generate the kind of profit
    > growth investors had become accustomed to."
    >
    > As someone new to market concepts, and making money by investing,
    > the whole process described here (unsecured cdos, etc.) sounds pretty
    > fishy. I'm assuming some investors were able to keep profits from
    > the borrowed money deals, and companies like Bear Stearns, and Lehman
    > are left holding (what's left in) the bag. The fed's weakened the
    > economy by diluting the money supply in order to save the system,
    > and some of the players, at the expense of a great number of Americans
    > who play by the rules. I guess my question is this; does the bailout
    > money end up in the investors income? And/or who lent the money to
    > fund these funky financial instruments?
    >
    >     Reply
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