Comments on: Lehman jumps on Silicon Valley bandwagon: “Content may no longer be king in the entertainment business”

By: Why the subscription model is hard to lose « Beyond Digital Media

Why the subscription model is hard to lose « Beyond Digital Media — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:18:56 +0000

[...] the net and its multitudes – and the huge forecasts in online advertising growth in coming years. VC companies have had an affair with free content / advertising-driven models for some time now, much to the chagrin of those entrepreneurs with different ideas. Web 2.0 is [...]

By: The reign of content at its end, top VCs back MEVIO with $15M, anyway » VentureBeat

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:59:22 +0000

[...] days, even Wall Street analysts are acknowledging that content is no longer king, but MEVIO, formerly known as Podshow, has just received funding from some of the biggest names in [...]

By: Stanford Crane

Stanford Crane — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:20:14 +0000

It's funny. A day after the Lehman comment, BBC announces profits up 17% to a new record, citing strength in content and production, which was up 34%. As Gordon Gekko said, “Their analysts don't know preferred stock from livestock.”