Finally, Fast Company does a cover story which is worth something: a series of stories on how technology is changing the business of Hollywood and entertainment, and some of the new players emerging out of it. (Some of these stories are not online yet, but the major ones are)
The first one, linked above, says that consumers are in control now, and puts all the changes in historical perspective. “They’ll create extraordinary opportunities for innovative new players–and for the establishment powers, if they can survive the transition. ‘There’s no question we are searching,’ says Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. ‘We are searching for the new platform or the new channel that will drive the profits in the future, but there are so many unknowns . . . What we do know is that the entire model is up for grabs.'” That’s as big a statement as you can get from the movie studio honchos…
Also in the issue, a profile of the new wave of executives who’re on the cusp of the media-tech revolution…the top 10 include some of the names familiar to our regular readers: Lloyd Braun, Yahoo; Anne Sweeney, Disney-ABC TV; Blair Westlake, Microsoft; Morgan Freeman, ClickStar; Brian Roberts, Comcast; and Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros., among others.
Also read:
– Peer-to-peer: The Problem is the Solution: How P2P will help the movie industry…
– Editor’s Letter: Hooray for Hollywood
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