Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
THE FUTURE OF MEDIA: We remain dubious that people will want to watch tiny TV on a computer for very long, though we've done it ourselves, with no little frustration. The day will come for a full-screen, full-fidelity picture, but until then BigMedia will waste a lot of money on it, which gets us smiling because bad news for BigMedia is good news for us.
We also admit to being dubious about advertiser-supported music, especially after our visit to We7; when we clicked on a album (Cult TV Themes by Laurie Johnson) for every track got the message, "Track unavailable[:] We are sorry, but this track is currently unavailable in your region (United States)". We know a few kinks must be worked out in beta (and We7 is definitely beta) but we wonder if such sites are nothing but kinks. (Both links via the usual ArtsJournal)
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