5 posts and columns on hits

The AppFund Wants to Make iPad Developers a Deal. Should They Take It?

in Media on February 4, 2010 at 11:26 am PT

It’s a pretty standard chain of events: New platform opens up, investors try to attach themselves to developers who want to exploit it. Thus, the AppFund, which says it will invest up to $500,000 in iPad-specific apps.

NBC Droops, but Doesn’t Blame Its Woes on Jay or Conan

in Media on January 22, 2010 at 8:35 am PT

NBC knows its problems are larger than its late-night talk-show lineup. That said, if you haven’t seen Conan O’Brien’s latest insult of his soon-to-be-former employers, you really should.
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The Jay Leno Effect: Eyeballs Bail on Broadcast for Cable

in Media on December 22, 2009 at 9:32 am PT

When you sit down to watch TV at night, you don’t distinguish between shows that are on broadcast TV and those on cable. You just want to watch TV. But TV executives and advertisers haven’t caught up with you. Maybe Jay Leno will help them figure it out.
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Another Critic Tries Stomping on the Long Tail

in Media on December 22, 2008 at 6:09 am PT

Chris Anderson’s influential Web theorem says that endless choice equals unlimited demand. But a new study argues that most people want the same stuff–and no one wants that unpopular stuff, period.