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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Media, Entertainment and Mobile, Oh My!
I was invited to speak today at the UCLA Anderson School by a friend who teaches a class on entrepreneurialism. The topic he asked me to speak about was “assessing opportunities in digital media.” I’ll admit, the subject matter was a bit daunting – how to teach a highly intelligent, motivated group of MBA students [...]
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Is the Wii destined for a downfall, or is this just a mid-life crisis?
This question was recently posed by an article at Yahoo Games, “Troubled Times for the Wii?”. It’s a great question, and not a surprising one, as the industry continues trying to make sense of the phenomenal success of the Wii. The argument for the downfall is that the Wii has failed to attract sufficient third-party publisher/development [...]
Stick to your knitting
Amusing post today over at paidContent.org about Yahoo and the recent cuts they’ve made in their product lines. The post, written by Joseph Tartakoff, suggests a fun game to play over the next few weeks, called “What Should Yahoo Cut Next?” Yahoo! obviously needs to trim non-core assets and justify every dollar being spent, particularly in [...]
Announcing our office move!
Interpret turned three years old on March 22nd and we have just completed our third move! The goal is to stay put for awhile as moving is not the most relaxing or enjoyable experience. The good news is that we have room for growth! Interpret now has over 40 professionals globally, including our new HQ [...]
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Industry loses pioneer
I was saddened today by the news that Joseph Helfgot, founder of Marketcast had died from complications of a heart transplant. I never knew Joseph, nor had I ever met him, but his presence was most undoutedbly felt by me. He was a true pioneer in the entertainment market research business, who chose a path [...]
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Who's doing what?? Awesome!
I’m flying between LA and NY and thanks to the gogo internet service on American Airlines, I’m able to work the whole way. Thanks! Just took a break to skim through some of my favoriate blogs and ran across a post at Techcrunch about the actor, Kevin Pollak’s use of social media, and his success growing [...]
Industry events – to go or not to go, that is the question!
As someone who decided to stay home this year and not attend either the Game Developers Conference (GDC) or CTIA, I’m intrigued by the number of emails, blog & twitter posts decrying the paltry attendance and lackluster news emerging from these events. One colleague commented “no real news, mostly rehash”. It’s a quandary for a [...]
Movies, still a great value for the money
Take a look at this post at my father’s blog, Hollywood, It’s Not What You Think about the discrepancy in ticket prices among various entertainment options and the unfair scrutiny the movie business receives in terms of its pricing.
PS2 price cut – what does it mean?
I read a post today in gamesindustry.biz in which Microsoft dismisses Sony’s move to drop the price of the Playstation 2 to $99, stating that the future is about the growth of current gen consoles and not older technology (see it here). What’s striking to me is that if this is true, why then has the [...]