Google's FTC presentation

Ad growth in the last 20 years?
Best performer Cable TV, worst, newspapers.

Flatworld: A textbook model

Have textbook publishers found their model?

Are marginal costs free for digital content ?

Are marginal costs for Internet content really free? If not, what's wrong with Chris Anderson's arguments?

Free: why not?

After reading Malcolm Gladwell's "Priced to Sell", I felt compelled to combine some of the gems from his article with some other thoughts.

Google News degrades newspaper brands

Could Google News be affecting the brand value of newspapers?

Free: why?

Free, why not?

Digital marginal costs are practically nil. Economy 101 tells us that a producer should sell down to a price close to his marginal costs in order to maximize his profits.

The Google detour

Is Google hijacking our traffic?

The New Normal: high unemployment

In taking another stab at our world view, to suggest what the media may need to survive, we cannot dismiss the toxic recession we're in, and its aftermath effects on our society.