Me on the Beeb

While I was at the Beyond Broadcast conference at MIT last weekend, a gentleman from the BBC interviewed me about the parallels between early radio and the Web. It aired yesterday; if you're curious to hear it, go here. (Note: the link will only be good for a week.)

Comments

Lamar | February 27, 2007, 3:20pm | #

I'm curious to read it, but the boss doesn't likey the videos.

I can think of one difference: In the radio era, record companies paid lots of cash to programming directors to advertise their songs. In the internet era, record companies paid lots of cash to their lawyers for a failed strategy.

Warren | February 27, 2007, 4:00pm | #

I too am waiting to get home to listen.

Lamar,
Actually the record companies tried the same failed strategy on radio. The payola came later.

As for the internet, I recall reading about record companies paying people to log into popular chat rooms and talk up whomever they were pushing. Last I heard it wasn't working out so well.

I think we may finally be on our way out of mass culture.

Dave LaMorte | February 27, 2007, 9:18pm | #

I will definitely take a look at the interview. I really liked the panel discussion you moderated. Thank you for taking the time out to share your point of view.

Rick Barton | February 27, 2007, 10:58pm | #

Ok, I clicked the link a couple of times but didn't down load Real Player yet. But now when I click the link, the Real Player down load option doesn't come up. And that's where, I assume, Jesse's interview is. Any hints?

James Anderson Merritt | February 28, 2007, 11:43am | #

When I click the link, I get a page with a cornucopia of Beeb shows. Can you be more specific about who interviewed you and what the topic was? There is a fellow named Mayo who is talking about internet downloading with several guests, for instance, but "Jesse Walker" isn't in that program's roster.

If I can find a relevant search field, I'll give that a try. But at the moment, I don't know what to download to get the interview you mentioned.

James Anderson Merritt | February 28, 2007, 11:45am | #

Ignore the previous comment. My browser didn't render the relevant part of the page until I went back to it. Now I see a player, so I'll give that a try.