Welcome Stewart Schley our newest MediaBizBlogger

The 3D mania pouring forth from January's Consumer Electronics Show has subsided enough to allow entertainment industry executives room to consider something the nascent 3D medium itself promises to deliver: perspective.

While it's true (and exciting) to realize that 30 motion pictures will be shot and produced in 3D this year, from a living-room television standpoint the hype over 3D must now give way to the slow grind of progress....

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After twenty years of attending presentations by networks to the advertising community I cannot recall a single one that did not include speeches by executives extolling the results of recent research about their network's growth and potential, not to mention their future programming plans. Also, I can't recall one that included a young man... more

Seven-year-old, Mark Fielding looked up from his computer. He was very annoyed. "Mommmm!" He yelled in a way that was sure to get her attention. "The Internet is down again." It was the last thing she heard before the lights went off. Mark turned on his iPod touch and opened a blank Safari window to use as a flashlight. He... more

Welcome Stewart Schley our newest MediaBizBlogger

The 3D mania pouring forth from January's Consumer Electronics Show has subsided enough to allow entertainment industry executives room to consider something the nascent 3D medium itself promises to deliver: perspective.

While it's true (and exciting) to realize that 30... more

The intensive debate about the future of newspapers and print media is focused almost exclusively on news reporting and journalism. My focus is on commerce and the primary importance of establishing local newspaper sites, first and foremost, as the primary source for their communities' commerce needs and interests. The ongoing debates often miss the key point that consumers once relied on newspapers as their exclusive source for information on everything local for sale: to find houses, cars,...

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