I’m going to the Apple event tonight. Think Secret has changed its mind about it just being upgrades to the Powerbooks and now admits it may actually be the video iPod. I think the telling sentence is this: “Rumors have swirled for months concerning Apple’s sale of music videos at the iTunes Music Store, and those plus video podcasts and television broadcasting appear better positioned at this point for a
Taken from the worlds first ever web page by Tim Berners Lee: “As I write Jean-Francois is presenting it live…”. Blimey… that’s kind’ve spooky… But then he did originally envision the Web to be a “read AND write” medium.
In 1998 I sat across a desk from Jason Calacanis in his Manhattan office. At the time he was riding an upward curve (in fact his company was called Rising Tide Studios). His magazine, Silicon Alley Reporter – which had started out more like a fanzine – was bulging with ads and he’d just launched a sister title in Los Angeles. He was doing well. I was editing New Media
Managed to get a piece into the FT’s Digital Business about PodcastCon. Subscription only, alas, but based on my post here (free).
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Bob Lefsetz spoke to In The City about his view of where the music business is going. His quotes included: “It’s all about the Internet.” “There is no real Rock n’Roll vibe in the music business now. Now it’s all just ‘fucks with bucks’.” “Execuitves hate the artists because they can get layed and the executives can’t.” “The price of music has to come down. How come 5 year olds
“Punk was just about a person being who they are.” I’ve been called a skin-head, an anarchist etc. But I’m happy being a punk rocker.” “England is a school of thought.” “Music is not about talent.” “The worst thing I’ve ever seen in the UK is a T-Shirt saying FCUK. It would be better to get a t-shirt and scribble FUCK on it. You’ll have a more interesting life than
Olly Barnes of U-Myx.com, said the had an “amazing response” at In the City. “Every person we wanted to see, we#039ve seen. Everyone from Ted Cohen to iTunes,” he added. “For us, producers are bread and butter for U-Myx, and there are masses of producers are here. As well as publishers, who have an opportunity to exploit their catalogues using U-Myx. Any regrets? “Not seeing the Idiot Pilots – I
Steve Gottlieb, President and founder of TVT Records, the most successful indie label says. “The indie labels will ultimately win, because they are most concerned with music that matters and who give commitment to their artists.” “Major labels are disfunctional by design.” “They cut costs and there is no artists development.” “There will end up being one major.” He calls them Majees or the Indors. These will be large sophisticated
Steve Gottlieb, (pictured) President and founder of TVT Records, the most successful indie label says. “I started TBT 20 years ago and the rules were fair to allow me to compete.” “I had to build from the ground up. Nine Inch Nails, KLF, Underworld, XTC. Have worked with a lot of artists, and even broken whole genres. It would not have happened without indie labels.” “The ability to build that