Archive for the ‘Law’ Category

Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité … err now hold on a second

Friday, December 9th, 2005France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled for December 22 and 23. says Ming the MechanicWhilst I wonder why the French still don't get it. Command and control ...

Embracing the digital Age

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005Tuesday October 18 2005 - The Financial Times ran a big article on Big Media's response to the recent developments of the internet. Apparently last year internet advertising generated revenues of $9.6bn in the US. This is expected to grow at ...

Battling the pirates of the multiplex

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005Whilst spending a month in the United States, I read an interesting article published in the New York Times King Kong vs. the Pirates of the Multiplex August 28 2005. We know the debate and the reality that piracy ...

The keys to the Kingdom are mine. How digitalisation put the ‘me’ into media

Friday, July 22nd, 2005Ed Richards, Senior partner strategy & Market Development at OfCom talking at the Westminster media forum had some very interesting things to say, about the evolving nature of media and communications . Ed Richards says:The traditional means of ...

Money down the drain – with under-inclusive audience sampling

Friday, June 24th, 2005I know this is stateside. But it interests me and it should interest you. Let me set the scene for you, Nilesen are being faced with a suit by erinMedia and ReacTV filed against Nielsen last week. As Mediapost explains...

Product placement regulation – deregulation

Thursday, May 26th, 2005In the FT today 26 May 2005 - OfCom announces the relaxation of its draconian regulation on commercial sponsorship of television. SMLXL has charted the duress that commercial broadcasters are under as they cannot sustain profitability and growth from ...

when the world changes fundamentally, survival depends on fundamental change

Sunday, April 17th, 2005Re-reading Bob Garfields 'Chaos Scenario piece clearly demonstrates that more conventional marketing is no longer the answer, what is required is a different type of marketing, a new way of doing things. Garfield writes As technology increasingly enables fine ...

Chaos theory

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 In an epic 5,500-word front-page article in the April 4 print edition of Advertising Age , columnist Bob Garfield laid out a sweeping vision of an advertising industry caroming toward chaos and disruption wrought by the digital media ...

Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 Communities Dominate Brands Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century Tomi T Ahonen and Alan Moore (about 250 pages, hardcover, Futuretext Ltd, March 2005) Communities Dominate Brands: Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century is a book about ...

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