The Catalyst Code

Amazon is teaming up with EMI and surely others to offer music that isn’t subject to all those annoying restrictions on using the tunes you download from the Internet.
This is an important development for two reasons.
First, it’s a sign that music publishers are coming to their senses and realizing that fighting the spread […]

“With the right software, mobile devices can perform powerful tricks” according to BusinessWeek.
No doubt there’s definitely been a flurry of companies pushing services on mobile phones, but let me take payments to express some cynicism on how close we are to the dawn of the golden age of mobile in America.
If you go […]

A NYT article today claims “Hollywood Loves the Tiny Screen. Advertisers Don’t.” But I still think the mobile phone is the advertisers dream. Most Americans carry one and an increasing number have ones with screens and broadband access that enable people to watch content.
Entertainment giants have begun producing things for the tiny screen like MTV’s […]

The News Corp/Dow Jones deal makes sense for everybody.
Dow Jones has done a magnificent job building the Wall Street Journal into the United States’ second largest newspaper, with more than 2 million daily readers and even a profitable web site. It is less susceptible to the ravages other newspapers are experiencing because of its prowess […]