Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Category: Media Trends
At the Deutsche Bank Securities Media and Telecommunications Conference earlier this week, Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes fielded a question about the company's plans for "TV Everywhere." According to Bewkes, Time Warner is exploring making content from HBO, TNT, the Cartoon Network and other Time Warner properties available to subscribers through venues other … Continue reading Time Warner’s Vision: TV Everywhere
Walter Isaacson's piece, "How to Save Your Newspaper," in the current issue of Time Magazine, assesses the economic crisis facing newspaper publishers and seeks to identify a means to address the disconnect between the creation and the monetization of news content. While newspapers across the country are cutting back their publication frequency or folding entirely, … Continue reading Searching for an Economic Lifeline for News Publishers
When I recently interviewed writer-director Joss Whedon for Knowledge@Wharton, I asked whether he viewed the different media in which he works -- film, television, online -- as fundamentally different or as merely different distribution channels for similar content. Whedon replied that, while these media are connecting in ways that he finds "both fascinating and appalling," … Continue reading Joss Whedon: Storytelling in Different Media
Many industry watchers have been closely monitoring the progress of Joss Whedon's independently-produced musical comedy, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along blog." As I've discussed in the past, by simultaneously exploring various schemes for generating revenue, Dr. Horrible serves as something of a case study for using the Internet to distribute original video content. The details of how … Continue reading Joss Whedon Talks about the Business Models behind “Dr. Horrible” (and More)
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