Media Companies Fighting for Fees — Who is Fighting for Consumers?
Earlier this month, 20 million American homes that are subscribed to DirecTV, suddenly could no longer watch Nickelodeon, MTV or Comedy Central. Viacom owns the content and rents it to DirecTV for a fee. Their contract was about to expire and Viacom said DirecTV should pay 30% more. DirecTV said that based on their size, […]
The Future Is More Than Facebook
The frenzy over Facebook is unprecedented. There are many interesting dimensions to the story; the most interesting to me, is how the insiders are upping the number of shares they plan to unload on the public. This does not give one confidence — that those with the most information have decided to reduce their long-term […]
The Future of the Internet
There is an article called “The Future of The Internet” (by John Patrick) published in the April-May-June 2012 edition of Sun and Surf (a magazine created exclusively for property owners in Hammock Dunes – published quarterly) which may be read here.
My Doctoral Journey – Part 4
I really appreciate the support from my friends and family for my decision 17 months ago to begin the doctoral journey. I promised periodic updates and that is the purpose of this posting. I have now completed 27 credits of coursework out of the rquired 62 — approxmiately 43%. I completed a course in health […]
Genesys XVIII
The 18th Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Gen XVIII– Monday night at the Union League Club in New York attracted more than 100 venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master […]
