Friday, July 21, 2006

A business model for user generated video content?

Advertising Age - MediaWorks - YouTube Rival Revver's Killer App Is Its Ad Model

The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper

Cyworld now featuring "netizen" singers, like an American Idol kind of deal, in Korea.The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper

World of Warcraft the reason for failing PC game market?

Interesting speculation by game design guru. Gamasutra - Feature - "Game Law: Contracts 101": "“The game marketplace is currently undergoing a lot of change, with the success of World of Warcraft and other MMOs, the rise of console gaming and what looks like a very long transition to next-generation, the rise of handheld gaming (especially with the DS), and the huge increase in development costs,” Sullivan said. “It is harder than ever to figure out how to be successful in this market.”"

Not safe to show those earbuds, bud.

Ah the creativity of geeks. When muggings in London rise by 8%, geeks come up with ways to hide your pod from potential theives.Crave Talk: Robberies rise, escape with your iPod - Crave at CNET.co.uk: "What can you do to foil the 8.2 per cent rise in people out to steal your iPod? The slow fix is calling for social regeneration to eliminate the state of poverty that motivates people to steal. But if that all sounds a bit communist to you, then here are some suggestions that require very little outlay but could save your iPod from theft"

Center for Media Research - Daily Brief

Center for Media Research - Daily BriefThis is an interesting look at where those eyeballs are glancing. The Tribune.com gets more looks than AP online. Also includes demographics on those eyeballs.