Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Category: Media Trends
On October 24, 1938, playwright Howard E. Koch had less than a week to write the script for the next episode of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air. Producer John Houseman had given him the assignment: Dramatize H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds as a radio play. Koch knew he would have to … Continue reading Return to the Scene of the Martian Invasion
To no one's surprise, the highest-grossing movie this weekend was Marvel Studios' The Avengers, which brought in over $200 million in the U.S. While nothing is ever certain in Hollywood -- even a big-budget, effects-laden production can underperform (as Marvel parent Disney found out with John Carter) -- The Avengers seemed destined to generate a box … Continue reading Media Marketing and the Evolution of Narrative Structure
Content Farms, Echo Sites, and the Future of Online Content Investors today snapped up shares of Demand Media, whose IPO gave the company a valuation of close to $2 billion -- more than that of the New York Times Co. Demand Media is a prime example of a new kind of media entity, one made … Continue reading Soylent Green is Content
As the old joke goes, everyone knew the floating crap game was crooked but played anyway -- because it was the only game in town. This came to mind with a Wall Street Journal report earlier this week that Sony Pictures has entered into a distribution agreement with kiosk video rental firm Redbox. In addition, … Continue reading Redbox Cuts Deals as Movie Studios Scrape for Digital Dollars
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