Archive for 2010
…And Yet I Still Want to Go
Spiderman does whatever a spider can. No one ever said spiders could open a high-production value show on time. Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark has delayed its official start again. Let me say this right now: I don’t know how this show will be, but however it goes, my hat is off to the producers [...]
Aspen Live, My Thoughts on the High Altitude Fun
Aspen Live isn’t really a conference. It’s more of a gathering, and although Jim Lewi (the organizer and spiritual heart of the gathering) would love to see more people there, it’s not about growing it big or making money from it, based on what I learned this weekend. I’ll back up a step or two. [...]
NFL: Distant Early Warning
Back in the Cold War, there was a system set up in northern Canada to give the United States the earliest possible warning of a Soviet nuclear attack. It was called the Distant Early Warning system. Right now, the NFL is as close to invulnerable as an entertainment property may be. It was the most [...]
Is “Bribey” a Word?
Because if so, the awarding of the FIFA World Cups in 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar seems about as bribey as anything I can recall. Russia: questionable infrastructure, gangster economy, no track record of successful hosting of non-Soviet-style events. Qatar: wealthy, but tiny; far from all major media and fan centers; sizzling temperatures [...]
Is Your Show Better Than a Meal at the Restaurant Next Door?
I talked the other day about whether or not Live Entertainment is an Industry (and my answer is ‘yes.’) Today, I’m asking how that industry is doing. For a long time, I’ve been saying that Live Entertainment is fundamentally healthy, and I still believe that. When I hear people bemoaning the business, I frequently ask [...]
Is Live Entertainment An Industry?
I might be the only person who refers to “live entertainment” as an industry. Most people I deal with professionally say that they are in the concert industry, professional sports, theatre, arts or something specific like that. So I’m the oddball when I say that Live Entertainment, meaning all of these diverse things, is an [...]
What Do You Mean, Price Gouging?
If your plane crashed in the desert and after days of struggling across the blazing sands, you were thirsty, and if you finally bumped into a person with a supply of cold water, and that person told you that each bottle was $1000, you’d probably evaluate your choices in the matter as pay the $1000 [...]
You Can’t Fault ‘em For Not Being Optimistic…
Via Thomas, I said this story on e-marketer about the click-through rate on banners. Here’s the key tidbit: “One of online marketers’ simplest metrics to keep track of, the clickthrough rate, has been in decline for years…however, that decline appears to have stopped.” Hmmm. Let’s take a look at the data. This is the graph [...]
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