Boom Studio Gives Away ...

I’ve been saying for at least the last nine years that the content has become the marketing for the packaging.  I guess the people in the position to make those decisions are finally starting to agree with me. Hey gang! This is a very cool, very historic first for MySpace Comic...

Jackass gives away the ...

One of my mantras for digital media is that “The content is the marketing.” Here’s a great example of that idea in action: The latest installment in the Jackass Movie franchise, “Jackass 2.5″is to be released exclusively first online and will be free to view. The...

Max Headroom Shows us o...

There was a time when Max Headroom represented everything exciting about the media future, both good and bad. It’s strange to think of the future as being old, but there’s a brilliance about the way they’re reducing fear by telling the audience that switching to...

Scorsese does Hitchcock...

While “old media” did a lot of things wrong, it also meant that our quirky geniuses could be showcased in a way that would let them be seen by millions. It seems to me like he gets...

What the Facebook?...

When it comes to user data the line between right and wrong is pretty wide and fuzzy. After all, we’re often getting something for nothing, so it should be expected that we’ll have to pay the piper with a little demographic data from time to time. But Facebook’s new...