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Thanks to all of you that have emailed me regarding my post, I do enjoy the emails that I receive from around the world - and there were a number of questions posed that I decided to add as a supplement Blog post to the original post from yesterday... First off, questions around the iTunes image that was posted... I used to live in the ...

With Midem  only two weeks away, the South of France will again, be a stage for the music industry to work itself into a frenzy to figure out the best route forward into discovering how to rescue itself from the brink of its own self-importance/ destruction. I’ve attended, spoke & networked through many of these events in ...

Banks, finance companies and the like are turning their back on the people that matter most - their customers! In a digitally connected and somewhat openly transparent world these companies are still relying on their antiquated networks and processes that were built in the 1980s and are NOT in a fit or practical state for the 21st ...

…or even decide that seeing as the UK Government has hidden the reboot switch – perhaps its now time that old ''’Blighty’ switched the whole thing off, brought in some new hardware, OS, software and tools (metaphorically speaking of course this means remove the current Government – and replace with what……..?) Now I’m not going to deliver this as ...

At what point do retailers embrace the social shopping sphere? From reviews, comments, payments, marketing and brand voice, where and how do they begin? There are so many social networks and sites here today gone tomorrow that retailers and brands are  concerned that there either too late, too early or will waste their money on something that ...

I’ve been concerned about this for a while – and recently I guess certain elements and the stars aligning made me realise that in fact we all must be careful about what we do in the fast moving social media space. We’ve all read and heard stories of potential employers checking out peoples Facebook to see what they get up to in their private ...

So is that a statement or is that a question? Either ITV can not deliver a channel in the 21st Century or why can’t they do it? They have Michael Grade at almost £1million per year at the helm – surely he has the vision, experience and balls to shake up ITV as he did so early on in his career? And with that opening statement you should see where ...

In my last post I touched very briefly on the Games and Movie industry and where the D2C opportunities are heading. These are inevitable – however there are more pressing issues at stake just now and the as 2009 is THE year of the emerging mobile (we all knew it had potential but here it is at last it starts to come of age and will be very ...

I've talked a lot about the power of how digital media and direct to consumer will start to penetrate the mass market over the coming years – but for early adopters that time is most definitely here now.. If you are a retailer or reseller in the Entertainment sector – you better hold on to your boots and have some very smart thinkers helping you ...

I read, watched and shook my head in utter shock and despair at the way the Britain “coped” with the recent and continued snow falls of yesterday and today. I think that looking at the way the current infrastructure is set up – no matter if its snow, rain, heat or UFOs – the United Kingdom is stuck in a legacy that in comparison to the recent ...