The Long Tail vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

It is a coincidence that Chris Anderson’s book “The Long Tail” came out today, after the weekend when Pirates of the Caribbean broke the all-time opening weekend box office record, hauling in $132 million. So the juxtaposition is interesting to debate, if only for the sake of debate. And this opinion column does it well.
The conclusions: Blockbusters will continue to succeed even as niche media proliferates…a long-tail world doesn’t threaten the whales or the minnows…It threatens those who cater to the neglected middle, such as writers of “mid-list” fiction and producers of adult dramas. Also, competitive economics aren’t going away. As long as people herd, there will be blockbusters in one form or the other.

Comments have been disabled for this post