Archive for the 'TrendSpotting' Category
PEJ: News generates more heat but less light, more voices but fewer conversations and bigger audiences but and smaller purses
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 17th, 2008 in TrendSpotting, aggregator, trend.The Project for Excellence in Journalism released its encyclopedic omnibus study of news coverage across media in 2007. The study is a huge amalgam of information about the state of the news media and its future prospects, with 13 chapters covering everything from ethnic to online news. I continue to wade through the volumes [...]
Trendwatching: Eco-fatigue, Gen Z and Pet-Passe the future of marketing!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 7th, 2007 in A-List Blogs, Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Conjecture, Fun with PR, Futurist, Humor, Innovation, Market Research & Intelligence, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, Viral marketing, a-list, great ideas, parody, social ideas, tech humor.As someone who watches for trends in technology one of the many sites I frequent is Trendwatching.com. They offer a bevy of free research reports on global Trends with pithy insightful commentary and links. If your not getting their free reports or buying the paid stuff, then your missing out. Their most recent Trend Briefing [...]
Research Tuesday: Research from around the web
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 28th, 2007 in Conjecture, Gadgets, Long Tail, Market Research & Intelligence, Online TV, Quantification, Research, Research Summary, SMF, Tech Musings, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, User Generated Content, Web Resources, Zune, horrible headlines, mobile, mobile phone, social ideas, trend, video.Ok, so research Tuesday became research Wednesday Thursday.
Males Love Video Long Time
It’s been a reading week for me. Lots of great stuff to mull over and help shape ones thinking about digital media. Lets start with a report by consultancy Frank N. Magid & Associates with the irresistibly tantalizing header “80% of 18 - 24 [...]
Whats happened? Lots…
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello June 5th, 2007 in Start-ups, Tech 2.0, TrendSpotting, Web 2.0, Web Resources, round-up, social ideas, social media, trend, twitter.Garry Trudeau became an RIAA shill…
The New York Times finds new ways to say the record labels are dead: With the hyperbolic headline “Plunge in CD Sales Shakes Up Big Labels” the NYT outlines the approved list symptoms contributing the labels demise but steadfastly avoids stating any causes.
The software police at the BSA put out [...]
Whats happened? Lots…
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 5th, 2007 in Start-ups, Tech 2.0, TrendSpotting, Web 2.0, Web Resources, round-up, social ideas, social media, trend, twitter.Garry Trudeau became an RIAA shill…
The New York Times finds new ways to say the record labels are dead: With the hyperbolic headline “Plunge in CD Sales Shakes Up Big Labels” the NYT outlines the approved list symptoms contributing the labels demise but steadfastly avoids stating any causes.
The software police at the BSA put out [...]
Good News/Bad News: Joost Gets $45 Million, Networks get Fewer Viewers
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 11th, 2007 in ABC, Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, CBS, CNN, Conjecture, Digital downloading, Funding, GooTube, IPTV, NBC, Online TV, TV, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, deals, futute tv, hot betas, joost, social media.Good news: Today Joost announced they raised $45 million bucks with power VC firm’s from around the globe and a YouTube hating media giant. The deal brings together Index Ventures of the EU, Sequoia Capital of Silicon Valley fame, and the Li Ka-shing foundation run by Hong Kong based billionaire, Li Ka-shing. The international focus [...]
A Tale from a New Generation
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 12th, 2007 in Conjecture, Humor, TrendSpotting, trend.I was playing with my 5 year-old niece the other day as she prepared for a busy day of frolicking and fun. As adults often do to kids I decided to give her one of those slightly condescending quizzes testing her basic knowledge of things like where she lived etc…
“Whats your mothers name?” I asked. [...]
Stats on Web 2.0 provide fodder for speculation
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 4th, 2007 in Market Research & Intelligence, Quantification, Research, TrendSpotting, Web 2.0, Web Stats, social media, social networking.Here are some interesting stats put out last month by the good folks at the University of Oxford. The survey is based on 1,369 respondents who where interested in the University of Oxford’s online and distance learning courses, but got sucked into taking a survey instead. The results may skew a bit techy and there [...]
Albums are dead, the price of music heading towards and other good news
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello March 28th, 2007 in Music Musings, NYTimes, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, p2p, social media, trend.So this week is turning out to be another pretty bad PR week for the old music biz but healthy signs for the evolution of the industry overall. From the NYT and USAT to lawmakers and academics everyone appears ready to call the traditional music business dead! Sure, folks on the net have been talking [...]
Albums are dead, the price of music going to zero and other good news
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello March 28th, 2007 in Music Musings, NYTimes, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Research, Research Summary, TrendSpotting, p2p, social media, trend.So this week is turning out to be another pretty bad PR week for the old music biz but healthy signs for the evolution of the industry overall. From the NYT and USAT to lawmakers and academics everyone appears ready to call the traditional music business dead! Sure, folks on the net have been talking [...]
