Entries Tagged 'The Internets' ↓

The New Yorker has a very good article titled The News Business: Out of Print.

This article has some very interesting, but not new, observations about the death of the newspaper. An interesting statistic is that only 18% of individuals 18-34 claim to look at a newspaper on a daily basis. If the young are not reading the newspaper, it is only a matter of time before they cannot afford to continue publishing.

I think it is obvious that newspapers are being replaced by the internet. However, with the wealth of information on the internet, who filters this data for us? Continue reading →

The Huffington Post recently had a great article, The Democratization of the Music Industry, that I think warrants coverage.

In summary, the article states that the evolution of the internet has reduced the need of record labels. Record labels have 2 functions access and distribution, with the internet distribution is no longer an issue, an access is slowly becoming easier too. But not only do the record labels provide the access and the distribution they also act as a filter. Only certain artists and certain songs are signed and granted the access.

I specifically want to cover this filtering. Continue reading →