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Is Netflix Television? Is Pandora Radio? Who Cares!?!?!

Now is a good time to think about being a great creative, not about being a human labelmaker. I’ve been posting a lot about what the era of media convergence means. It means opportunity. It means money. It means barriers to entry into the creative business are...

Money: It’s Popping Up In All Sorts Of Places

Read to the end of this post for a great example of a Jetsons Future opportunity. Do you know what part of my job I absolutely hate? Reviewing separation agreements. Luckily, I’ve seen fewer of them in 2014 than I did in 2013, but layoffs are still a reality in...

When Rupert Murdoch Tells You Where The Money Is, Believe Him

Rupert Murdoch likes money. He likes making money. He likes spending money – lots of it – in order to make lots more money. Rupert Murdoch doesn’t do things unless he thinks they’re the best way to make as much money as possible. So, when you...

Harry Truman Knows How Quickly Media Convergence Will Arrive

Change is coming. Distribution of content via broadcast is being replaced by distribution of content via broadband.  It’s an era of media convergence, when the barriers between traditional forms of media – television, film, radio, print – fall and we...

The Jetsons Future & The Era Of Media Convergence

To see the future of show business – really, of all business – you need to look to the future you’ve already seen.  Surely you remember The Jetsons. George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy had those massive video screens in every room of the house.  They watched “television” on...