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I realized that I haven't been on here since 2010 with a post about how times have changed within Retail where it used to be a big NO having cameras in your store http://tinyurl.com/Madman2010 Since then, I have blogged elsewhere, written papers, produced music and other good stuff... So 2011, and a return to where it all started with my ...

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 XXXXXX” that in fact have no real understanding of the issues, risks and dependencies. They will ...

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 – and what could be classed as the Music industrys defining year such as the web was 2 ...

I have talked enough about this topic in various blogs, presentations and events. Sometimes I try to be explicit in the reasoning and other times I add it as a point of reference... So The Long Tail - as described throughout by Chris Anderson and others talks about  - and here I am talking about the digital media Long Tail where unlimited ...

Looking at the 2 stories that interested me over the last few days  - Radiohead - In Rainbow stats and Tap Tap downloads... First Radiohead - in one month October to November in 2007 In Rainbows was downloaded a staggering 2.3 million times across Torrent sites. That is a huge figure that stunned the industry when the figures were finally ...

OK, before I begin let me just reiterate one more time just why I keep going on about this any what experience / authority do I have in this area! I have been working in the music area for almost 20 years - most of that right in the ''coal face'' within retail and watching very closely as digital arrived and then continuing this journey even now ...

Ooh the 360° Deal – seen within the music industry as the “saviour” and the way ahead for all the labels. Declining sales would be bolstered by a share in tour, merchandise, royalties – as well as a combination of other assets (marketing, promotion and distribution) seemed like the way ahead.   Failed attempts by the majors to push ...