All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Media

Apple has a leadership position in digital music distribution but is not making friends in the industry. This will likely come to a head as the music labels are trying to reverse their declining sales trend.

1. Warner Bros, Disney, News Corp and Sony have been working for years in the Indian TV sector.      2. Hollywood movies only account for 8% of the Indian Box Office.

No one wants to see a monopoly and the music industry has been very worried about Apple and Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs has in the past told the industry what to do and has told them he knows what is best for them. This is very clear with the 99cents limit on iTunes even when the labels wanted a structured...

Art and FantasyArt or PornographySex and MoneyMonetizing an age old product (printed news and entertainment) in the digital ageDeveloping a revenue modelDRM is going to be an issue

Walter Hussman’s letter, "How to Sink a Newspaper" in The Wall Street Journal on May 7 lay blame for the industry’s dwindling circulation on fellow publishers’ strategy of giving away their local news content on the Internet.

A survey showing consumers are not happy with the selection, quality and price of videos available for downloading may reflect the customers' experience, but does not reflect the state of the art. Currently, video downloading can be convenient and inexpensive, with quality at least equal to...

The biggest travesty is the hype that old media like newspapers, radio, and television are old hat and not worth investing. Newspapers – weeklies and monthlies are still profitable Television – primetime is not necessarily as profitable as the local television viewing period of 7AM through 6:30 PM Radio...

As a content delivery network architect for Broadcast.com and Yahoo, I've watched the transformation of the content space, but I think everyone has it backwards.  Why would you take YouTube content and put it on the big screen? 

Potential new entrant set to compete with Apple and other WebTV players, a Netherlands-based company called Joost.

Cue the Peter Allen song: "Everything old is new again." The implications of the study cited in the Adweek article are both important and entirely expected. For all its penetration into communcations and society, the Internet can't entirely replace "old media" of TV and magazines because of the innate...