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January 2009 - Posts

• Digital Britain (Just a couple of thoughts to start with…)

  While I applaud any government that has a digital outlook and digital strategy – I also have to look at why it is being produced, for who’s benefit and what the salient points are from it! I am very sceptical around Governments that have “Ministers for Read More... Posted 30 January 2009 17:26 by Derek.Dunlop | 1 Comments Filed under: conchango, digital downloads, digital library, technology, free music, Diary Of A Madman, torrents, movie downloads, digital media, Music Industry, google, Cookie-tracking technology, BBC Television, BBC Radio, BBC, Torrent Freak, P2P, illegal file sharing, Sharing Media, Feargal Sharkey, MCPS/PRS, digital living, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, ISP, Internet Service Providers, future of the music industry, the cloud, IPTV, mIPTV, strategy, business strategy, Digital Nutshell, iPlayer, Digital Music 2.0, UK Government Report, Digital Britain 2009

• The Madman @ MidemNet 2009

  Digital Nutshell: Issue 4 – MidemNet 2009 Special ~ Digital Music 2.0 Next stop after Las Vegas (as well as a brief stop over in Gibraltar – full analysis of the Online Gaming industry coming soon…) was onto Cannes and the MidemNet digital Music conference Read More... Posted 23 January 2009 11:31 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: Cookie-tracking technology, Torrent Freak, File Sharing, P2P, illegal file sharing, PPL, Sharing Media, Teenage Kicks, Feargal Sharkey, MCPS/PRS, digital living, digital media evangelist, ISP, Internet Service Providers, future of the music industry, live nation, Warners, Radiohead, e-commerce, eCommerce, Amazon commerce, AC/DC, Nokia Comes With Music, Digital Long Tail, Digital Media Long Tail, recession, macro distribution, Tips for 2009, business vision, strategy, art of strategy, Atlantic Records, Qtrax, Podcast of a Madman, Digital Nutshell, EMC Consulting EMEA, Midem, MidemNet, MySpace Music, Courtney Holt, Digital Music 2.0, conchango, iTunes, digital downloads, apple, digital library, mp3, multi-channel retailing, online retailers, technology, Longtail, Amazon, free music, retail, universal, music retail, hmv, RIAA, Internet Radio, BPI, Diary Of A Madman, Digital Revolution Movement, traditional high street, tesco, torrents, digital media, EMI, Music Industry, Coldplay, Terra Firma, Guy Hands, brand development, 50 year copyright for sound recordings, Sony, publishing, internet value, myspace, social networks, facebook, google

• The Madman @ MacWorld 2009

  Well here I am on my final day (of 2) at what looks like will be the final MacWorld conference. I say the final, sure the organizers would not agree with me on that one, but if you ask the exhibitors, as I have been doing, publicly all for MacWorld 2010, Read More... Posted 09 January 2009 03:28 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: conchango, iTunes, digital downloads, apple, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, facebook, digital media evangelist, MacWorld 2009

• 2008: The Death of the High Street?

  Well it was very close… and there are a few towns and small cities that will never be the same as the vicious cycle continues on the high street and shopping malls up and down the country. As lots and units become vacant, especially larger ones such left Read More... Posted 02 January 2009 16:47 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: conchango, high street brands, multi-channel retailing, Amazon, retail, Diary Of A Madman, tesco, out of town, digital media, virtual high street, business intelligence, digital media evangelist, web platform, retail theatre, e-commerce, eCommerce, m-commerce, recession, recession retail, Tips for 2009, 360° Retail, 2009, Virtual Year 2009, strategy, EMC Consulting EMEA, death of the high street