All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Internet

Major content providers tends to take advantage in the market dispute with independents producers and social media. The main question is not about the best media – PC or TV – but about the content value.

As president of World Class Records, a new record label which markets, publishes, and distributes musical content world-wide, I find that it is critical to note that a key factor in any analysis pertaining to the question at hand is the extreme and rapid pace that people are changing the way they procure...

What are the consequences related to recent Walmart / Universal announcement for the industry and the consumer ?

Money makes the world go roundAdvertising is an essential component of generating revenueSubscription models and even the wireless carriers’ usage model will not generate sufficient revenueIts show business and therefore it needs to make money.

The dream behind IPTV has taken quite awhile to materialize.  Mis-steps in repurposing content, old ideas in advertising monetization, and a lack of critical mass for eyeballs has kept the potential for true IPTV greater than the reality. Google and YouTube may have found the correct alchemy. ...

Aside from video, there are the banner ads, sponsorships and even ad sense that will make up the whole of ad-based revenue from YouTube. And that doesn't include anything from mobile devices.

Auto sales could be the next victim of the problems with mortgages, as potential car buyers delay purchases.   Concern about home values and mortgage payments is causing more buyers to slam the brakes on new car purchases.    

Googles monetization plan may be extremely limited in it's revenue generating potential.  Limited to "signed content partners" for now, this plan may always be limited to "signed content partners".  Huge issues exist in applying this plan to the greater YouTube community.  If applied...

Newspapers became a cost-effective and user-friendly method of dessiminating information.  For a relatively small amount of money, the consumer got the opportunity to inform themselves, and to do so on-demand.  On Demand?  Isn't that a buzz word in the Internet World?  Perhaps that's...

Due to a growing frustration with the narrow focus of Yellow Pages and the impractical language used to categorize businesses ans well as the definition of what is 'local' vs. 'long distance' people are turning to online search (translate Google) to find local businesses. As a specific example I use...