studying the media ecosystem
(I return home Wednesday and should resume original postings. Tom)
Yesterday I suggested that small, independent media creators should congregate in malls, built around a shared space to hold receptions or run training classes. Today I want to continue making the case that new media may need an old-fashioned retail presence.
Several months ago I was introduced [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
Businesses tend to cluster. Buyers like to shop in business clusters. That explains the popularity of food courts, antique districts, farmers’ markets and [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
Yesterday I noted that the 2002 Economic Census categorizes the Information industry as a manufacturing endeavor, and argued that we should view media [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
Every five years the U.S. Census Bureau collects data from businesses in much the same way as it counts noses every 10 [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
Today I will focus on the political challenges of governing a producer cooperative. This follows my earlier posts, which suggested that content [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
Yesterday I suggested that content is a commodity, and that small content producers might therefore be wise to follow the example of [...]
(I am on vacation this week, and rather than interrupt my family time or break my habit of weekday postings, I’ve elected to rerun some prior posts that exemplify my “mini media” thinking.)
I’ve been thinking lately of the similarity between food and content. Both are commodities. What is more fungible than a wheat or [...]
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