We were thinking about the evolution of computers over dinner – the fact that we’re both reading the Steve Jobs biography right now might have something to do with it – and I realized there were parallels between the evolution of the “PC” and the evolution of the NLE.
YouTube to spend $200 million more on professional videos http://t.co/Imw3YvFl
Google-owned YouTube will drop another $200 million into the programming to more effectively market the nearly 100 channels boasting professional videos, the company told the Wall Street Journal in a report published yesterday.
Did You Know That Professional Writing Is Dying And Only Taxing The Public To Pay Writers Can Save It
The Indie Ebook Scene Is Growing: Here’s Over 170 Authors Who’ve Sold More Than 50,000 Copies
In another one of those discussions about business models, the first post above stems from an article by Ewan Morrison,
RIAA Knows (But Tried To Hide) That Most ‘Unpaid’ Music Acquisition Comes From Offline Swapping http://t.co/g79CtPfy
Will crowdfunding usurp the studio biz? http://t.co/vY61mDPo Disruption in the financing stages, not just production. Sure sounds good.
I am fascinated by most technology, particularly how it can be applied to the things I am interested in professionally: the production, distribution and marketing of video/filmic entertainment. Two recent articles have stuck in my mind. The Japanese research quoted in the excerpt and How cold, hard numbers can be used to foretell the battle where researchers are using Wikileaks information, among other sources, to predict where violence will break out.
Thousands of YouTube partners now make six figures a year http://t.co/mv4tZhPC
While no-one’s being paid the super high bucks of some of the top insiders in “Hollywood” a six figure income is well into the middle class. I’d like to see fewer make it really rich, and many more make decent, middle class incomes doing what they love to do.
Thousands of YouTube partners are making over $100,000 a year, according to Google SVP and Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora. The number was shared during Google’s second quarter earnings call on Thursday, where Arora pointed to YouTube as an acquisition that has paid off for the company.
Google has been increasingly investing into programming on YouTube. The site unveiled a premium channel initiative late last year that included a reported $100 million in advances both for YouTube stars and traditional media brands who took their assets to YouTube as a result. And earlier Thursday, it announced that it is rewarding some 1,500 YouTube producers for successes with their channels on the site, with 80 of them receiving a golden play button, and everyone getting $500 gift certificates that can be put toward buying video equipment.
Just weeks after Motley Fool analyst Anders Bylund wrote:
The company just published preliminary results for the first quarter. $152 million in sales fell far below the $160 million expected by Wall Street analysts. Management sees a GAAP operating loss of $15 million, which would be the weakest result since the spring of 2009.
The culprit of Avid’s disappointing numbers is a 30% year-over-year drop in sales to the enthusiast market. That’s where Avid sells tools for making music and movies to amateurs like you and me, helping us make and manage media with somewhat simplified versions of the professional tools. That’s a price-sensitive market that doesn’t play well with attempts to ratchet up gross margins. I’m surprised that Avid didn’t see that backlash coming.
Episode 46 of The Terence and Philip Show: Resolution – how much is enough and will we adapt to higher frame rates. http://t.co/BBZ0N5GE
Terence Curren and Philip Hodgetts discuss the importance, and relevance of resolution and frame rates. How much is too real? How will higher frame rates be distributed in the home market?
And yes, another 3D rant!
The Role Of ‘Perceived Value’ In Music Is Small And Fading Fast http://t.co/l9RtFLsZ
The basic premise is that the power of “perceived value” can make charging for music a better proposition than giving it away for free, based largely on a comment from an indie artist. (Quote follows in the article)