On Digital Media

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) opine about: John will attend the ICSC Summit on October 20th John will be leading a talk at Web2Open during Web 2.0 Expo NYC November 16-19 Craig will attend the PhocusWright Conference Craig will be featured in an article on DMNews TravelZoo/Fly.com is hiring! Amazon/Audible is hiring! Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker are having a fun little sparring match. Conan is using the airwaves while Cory is using YouTube. Comcast is in talks to by NBC Universal in whole or in part. Thank goodness for CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue)! Harper Collins is holding back the digital release of the upcoming book by Sarah Palin in order to drive hardcover sales. The ebook won’t be released until after Christmas. Do people buy Kindle devices because the books are less expensive, knowing that they’ll earn their investment back over time? We’d like some data on that… John boug