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The Future of the Music Business — The Artist is King with FairPay

The economics of the music business continues to be highly problematic. The revenue pie for recorded music is a fraction of what it once was, and artists/creators complain that they are seeing only crumbs. At the…

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

Patron-izing Journalism — Beyond Paywalls, Meters, and Membership

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

Ad-blocking — Kicking and Screaming to Win-Win Value Propositions

Media companies are in a panic over ad-blocking, as an existential threat, now that Apple has enabled it for mobile — but this may just force the end of an era of consumer abuse deservedly left behind, and the…

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

How Pokemon Nudges Users to Spend

This Wall Street Journal article explores how PokémonGo and other mobile gaming apps “have mastered…

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

So Last Century! — It’s Time to End the Tyranny of Set Prices

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

Harvard Business Review Blog Post on FairPay

“When Selling Digital Content, Let the Customer Set the…

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

“Why should I pay you?” — Bezos’ Washington Post

Mapping a New Business Model for Journalism

Jeff Bezos’ central question about The Washington Post, is stated in his recent interview: “Why should I pay you for all that journalistic effort…

Richard Reisman in As We May Think

Harnessing the Demons of The Digital Economy

A thought experiment — Imagine a demon that has perfect ability to read the minds of buyers and sellers to determine individualized value

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