In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) opine about:
- John will attend the ICSC Summit on October 20th
- John will be leading a talk at Web2Open during Web 2.0 Expo NYC November 16-19
- Craig will attend the PhocusWright Conference
- Craig will be featured in an article on DMNews
- TravelZoo/Fly.com is hiring!
- Amazon/Audible is hiring!
- Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker are having a fun little sparring match. Conan is using the airwaves while Cory is using YouTube.
- Comcast is in talks to by NBC Universal in whole or in part. Thank goodness for CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue)!
- Harper Collins is holding back the digital release of the upcoming book by Sarah Palin in order to drive hardcover sales. The ebook won’t be released until after Christmas.
- Do people buy Kindle devices because the books are less expensive, knowing that they’ll earn their investment back over time? We’d like some data on that…
- John bought his first Vook today.
- Apple has approached magazine publishers about creating “iTunes for Print” with the magazines to be read on the company’s upcoming tablet. The magazine industry thinks it can do it themselves.
- Senator Benjamin Cardin has proposed a bailout for the newspaper industry. We cringe. Let them become extinct - just as long as journalism doesn’t die with them. We need journalism but we don’t need newspapers.
- CNN just released their iPhone app.
- Sirius XM is now adding an additional $2 fee to your monthly bill to cover the performance royalty fees paid to musicians and artists.
- Since Howard Stern’s deal with Sirius was tied to the stock price which is now at an all-time low, how will he have fared at the end of his contract?
- Howard Stern will be the greatest, most successful podcaster ever once his contract with Sirius XM is up. It would also make a great iPhone app!
- Click rates on display ads have dropped 50% to only 16% of the online audience.
- “The ad networks are ruining online publishing.” — Whiny Publishers
- CPM ads on videos are doing pretty well, according to Viddler.
- Free All Media wants to deliver ad-supported song downloads. It’s like Deja Vu all over again…
- Pandora went from near death to profitability in a year’s time. Steve actually uses his free 40 hours per month. Wow.
- Metallica will be selling live tracks on LiveMetallica.com - mp3 or FLAC.
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