Category Archives: Business models

A little history lesson, and a nice tale: how big does not always mean strong

Jean-Mare Messier is facing a jury in New York. The dot.com era of tech/media giant mergers that were hard to understand when first announced and turned out to prove right the  common man sense of skepticism a few years later seems to be over. But historical accounts of mega business deal make for terrific reading.

How will Google do in the phone business?

This is not about the Google Nexus One Android powered phone. This is about business and economics. My question is simple: how will Google fare when it’s straying away from its core business? When Apple went from the computer sector into the music business with the iPod and iTunes, then jumped happily and successfully into

A nasty renewal offer!

A really nasty letter – Ah, quelle lettre abominable! I got a really nasty, obnoxious letter. Worse than spam, if you want to know. Guess what it said, in bold face, just like that: “You will receive no further copies of Converging Media unless you subscribe today”! Gee, what did I do wrong? Maybe I

50 mios de blogs, et moi, et moi, et moi!

50 millions de blogs. Au moins. C’est Technorati qui l’annonce, c’est, en tout cas, son dernier recensement et donc c’est un chiffre réel. Il est vraisemblablement inférieur à la réalité si l’on imagine que Technorati ne recense évidemment pas la totalité des blogs publiés. La lecture de ce comptage est passionnante!

Le petit censeur domestique

Ca devait arriver: vous pouvez désormais “nettoyer” vos DVD, les purger de toutes les scènes que vous considérez comme choquantes et offensives pour vous ou vos kids. ” C”est assez simple, ou vous défendez le fait que c’est votre responsabilité de faire des choix ou vous acceptez qu’un réalisateur les fassent pour vous et vous