On Digital Media, Episode #16
This week’s episode includes John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and our special guest, Steve Hatch. Ken Gellman couldn’t join us this week, but we expect him for episode #17…
In this episode:
- John had a good time (perhaps too good a time…) at the PaidContent NYC Mixer. (Thanks, Rafat.)
- Listener Email
- Sony to build vertically integrated music service + device while cellular carriers allowing content providers to sell content to their subscribers off-deck
Music companies releasing music from certain artists as mp3 in order to gain access to Apple’s iPod - Chia-Lin doesn’t want to back up her music - where’s the online bit locker for digital media?
- iPhone “confirmed” by Kevin Rose;
- Steve wants it to have Exchange support. John wants Steve to just get a Mac.
- MarketingSherpa case study on Popeye’s and their successful use of coupons via SMS (facilitated by qtags)
- Jason Calacanis becomes “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” at Sequoia Capital
- Time Warner looking for “internet deals” to help speed up the transformation of AOL
- Executives expect new media to make money…eventually, while the New York Times Company is doing it NOW
- Is About.com user generated content? John tries to make the distinction between casual user generated content and dedicated production of user generated content.
- Wenda Harris Millard of Yahoo isn’t convinced that user generated content has real revenue value - doesn’t Yahoo make lots of money from user generated content like email, Yahoo 360, Yahoo Groups, etc.?
- Social networking is solely for the youth market? Really?
- Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Podcasting is growing. Podcasting is declining. Film at 11.
- Dana Gardner thinks that the B2B publishing value of podcasting is being overlooked. (Not by us, of course…)
- Use Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 to make transcripts of your podcast
- John got a Skype client for his Treo 700p: iSkoot
Our wines this week were: 1919 Cabernet Sauvignon and some (very good) chianti that I’ve never heard of…
Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.
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