This is the third article in this series entitled: The Economics of Video Entertainment Part 1 Here Part 2 Here For the last couple of days I’ve been leading up to talking about the individual value proposition as to why people purchase, watch, read or listen to certain types of content. Hedonic pricing [...]
From the too funny not to mention Department. In Londons West End, the Prince Charles Cinema is considered fondly by it’s patrons that regularly attend screenings of such all time favourites as the sing-a-long version of the Sound of Music. It is the only independent cinema in the West End and extremely popular. The [...]
Have you ever noticed how the media is sometimes used as a weapon of mass destruction? Example: News Headline: Jews are Ruining the Economy! Result: Krystallnacht and 6 million Dead Jews. Rupert Murdoch wields News Limited as his private editorial rapier, slashing, trimming, opining and burning. Burning institutions, politicians, industrialists, bankers, entrepreneurs. [...]
Man is a competitive member of the animal kingdom. Our nature is to compete with one another for food, shelter, mates and attention. Attention? Well yes, the more attention you get the better your prospects of : Obtaining a mate and earning money. So Koltai, the attention seekers are the most likely candidates [...]
The problem with the Internet is that it’s full of lies and misdirection. Some of those lies emanate from Media barons, some from Politicians. Hell, some even come from Bloggers. But when the misdirection is uttered by a music artist who is worshipped by the young and naive, then I feel that I have to [...]
If you’re on the way to Chicago this weekend, why not catch a movie – Choose this one (Chicago weekend plans) and the producer will buy you a beer. Tucker Max, American author turned Film Producer is about to bring his latest novel onto cinema screens in Chicago and he wants the whole world [...]
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When I first signed up for a Facebook page – about 2005, I did not quite “Grok” Facebook. Why would a user want to say what they were eating for breakfast? Better yet, who the hell would be interested? I didn’t understand the sheep meme. Look at me – I can do this, you [...]
Errata: It's been pointed out to me that Facebook just passed the three hundred million user mark and not the four hundred million. – Which obviously indicates early signs of dementia perhaps, on my part. – Hat-tip to David Goldstein from Link. Facebook has done more for détente and political stability than any other single [...]
The other day, Chris blogged about a new form of grey marketing. Blitzkrieg Cinema. Blitzkreig marketing is to commit all of your troops, with an in-place supply chain to ensure that the troops have a steady stream of ammunition (in this instance Movies from America). And it seems to be paying off for [...]