I enjoyed a recent article in The Bookseller by Philip Jones. Philip Downer, who used to run Border Books’ UK operation, warned of the glut of content and the control by Amazon, Google, and Apple of the pipelines to the consumer with proprietary formats. He urged change and a pooling of resources by the publishers. He expressed concern about the “seduction of colour, movement and noise” with digital ink, and concern that publishers are not quick to act, stating in their slowness, “Steve Jobs is dead, but sometimes I think Queen Victoria is still alive.”
In Richard Caves’ 2002 book Creative Industries, he stated that without the natural filters (like agents and publishers) within creative industries, which make money by making judgements for production, the vast volume of creative properties becomes overwhelming.
The cost of creation has plummeted, as has music. When we all can (and we already can) self-publish to our hearts content, will we be under the deluge of new books like we are underwater with new tracks coming into the music systems from the likes of Tunecore, CD Baby, and Reverbnation?
TED.com inspires, thrills, amazes, saddens, and enlightens. I enjoy getting their regular email blasts as to new videos, learning something new each time.
I spend a lot of time with my classes and learning partners on trying to look with a critical lens at change and its impacts. Sometimes part of the challenge is to recognize how we are refolding data, time, and space when the idea walks in our door.
We are hosting a Digital Media 101 Panel at 10 am on October 17, 2011 at Digital Hollywood (http://www.digitalhollywood.com/). We’ll be at the Ritz Carlton in Marina del Ray, CA, as part of the Digital Hollywood series of workshops and seminars.
Pre-Day Events – The Strategic Sessions Monday, October 17th 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Track II: Poolside Screening Tent I Digital Media 101 – The Primer – Multiplatform Trends,
Search and Social, Deals and Financings – A Prep Course for Getting the Most Out of Digital Hollywood
This energetic three-guru panel will get you ready to hit Digital Hollywood at a full run. We will share big trends, via news and data visualizations of recent statistics, to allow early participants a chance to get their bearings ahead of the sessions. We’ll hit what is happening in film, TV, music, advertising, search, social, publishing, mobile, multimedia, and that thing called “transmedia.” We’ll touch on recent deals and comparative sector trajectories. Get ready for an hour and a quarter of a full fire hose of information…plus a way and place to ask the questions that you haven’t wanted to ask in a detailed media sector session. You’ll walk out of the session ready with new ideas—and with even more questions to ask over the next few days of Digital Hollywood.
David Tochterman, Head of Digital Media, Innovative Artists; adjunct professor, Syracuse University
John David Heinsen, CEO & Executive Producer, Bunnygraph Entertainment, Inc.
Dr. Gigi Johnson, Executive Director, Maremel Institute
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On a recent trip to Paris, this doll beckoned from a shop window with a display of skincare products. My cellphone video posted directly to the web, capturing out of context this funny moment.
