Recent Comments:
Yahoo!'s time to shine or fade {BloggingStocks}
Jan 23rd 2007 2:22AM It seems far to premature to say RIP to Yahoo. There are so many variables that haven't been worked out in the entertainment industry and marketing world, which Yahoo does have a strong foot in.
There is so much demand for quality Internet ad space, that it's surprising that so many think that Google has that strong of a footing outside of search.
Google may begin to struggle if it tries to be everything to everybody, which seems what they're heading for if they continue marching in this direction.
But this should be a defining year for Yahoo in how it responds to the challenges it faces.
Wal-Mart opening more energy-efficient stores {BloggingStocks}
Jan 23rd 2007 2:17AM This is a good move by Wal-Mart. Not only conservation but savings as well is always good business.
With Wal-Mart's relentless pursuit to cut costs and pass it on to their customers, it just shows how they're always looking for ways to do it, and why they're always ahead of the pack.
Fan financing strikes another victory {The Digital Music Weblog}
Jan 23rd 2007 2:08AM It seems to me that the importance of this isn't really the quick receiving of some cash to do a little bit of business.
What is more important I think is that there is a fan base out there that likes the work and artist enough to give them money. It's not the money, but the fan base that is the true gold mine here.
Will Fox add more 'Idol' hours to line-up? {TV Squad}
Jan 23rd 2007 2:04AM I agree that more than this would be too much. How many people would watch that many nights of television broadcasting the same thing?
There would be the core fans that probably would tune in, but I think a lot would probably watch even less when they can turn on the TV on almost any night and see the show.
Even the wait for it to return builds suspense and eagerness to watch, so I think it should stay just like it is.
Online video not showing the money {BloggingStocks}
Jan 16th 2007 2:17AM This is a shaky relationship that has potential to be both profitable or eventually a nightmare for YouTube and Google.
Some media companies have 3 full time employees a day filtering manually through YouTube and making tons of requests to take the content down.
That and the slowness in providing the promised content filters is not adding a lot of good will to the mix.
A lot of this depends upon the media companies and how long they're willing to wait and how much they value the revenue that YouTube could eventually provide them with.
Marc Jacobs taps Dakota Fanning {AdJab}
Dec 17th 2006 11:24PM This is one of those things that makes you cringe. Time will tell if she is handled right. But the decision to have her do it in the first place, whoever that was, is suspect at the least. Hopefully she won't be chewed up and spit out by the industry before she's even 15.
Wal-Mart recalls 56,000 stuffed toys {BloggingStocks}
Dec 16th 2006 1:30AM When you say, "One would think that by now the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission would have a handle on every single piece of merchandise that is allowed for retail sale to ensure there are no pieces that can come off..." that would be a nice world to live in if it was possible. But that would require perfection, something no human being or business can possibly provide.
To look to the government as some type of "God" figure to do this is ignorant to say the least.
While everybody at every level needs to do their part to make sure things are as safe as they can be, there is an occasional time when something slips through. That's why we have recalls.
Time Warner rewarded as it makes more media purchases {BloggingStocks}
Dec 16th 2006 1:25AM I think they would have been better off to have looked at the english-speaking Spanish demographic. As it's been proven they're much more educated and have a lot more disposable income. They would give the company a much better revenue base to work from.
Microsoft and Baidu ad deal -- who's the winner? {BloggingStocks}
Dec 16th 2006 1:22AM In the short-term, I don't think Baidu has anything competitively to worry about. China has been helping to protect a number of industries, while changing rules, along with laws as they go.
More than likely, they'll protect certain important industries until they have a significant market edge, and then open things up for more competition from the outside.
As far as local goes, that's already the way Chinese officials are making the entertainment industry go.
Battlestar Galactica: The Eye of Jupiter {TV Squad}
Dec 16th 2006 1:16AM It seems to me that there could quite possibly still be a cylon of major proportion on the Galactica; possibly someone high up in power.
The continuing theme of discovering them seems to be a place where the writers want to take us. What if one of the five cylons is on Galactica?
