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Linkpost | 1.1.2009
TechBlog — ... - I agree with most of these choices. I love mice! • Hollywood's Digital Dawdling - You still can't buy The African Queen on DVD. • ...

Who’s More Doomed in Print Media: Magazines or Newspapers?
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — ... The truth is they were afraid of acquiring a disruptor, I think.  That understanding explains how I’ve crafted WatchMojo.com’s strategy as we essentially seek to disrupt the television media space through the online video content sector.  Mind you, due to Hollywood’s fear of cannibalization, I see online video as a salvation for print (because it is all incremental) but as I like to say: when it comes to ...

Hollywood’s 20th century thinking promotes piracy
MacDailyNews — ... reports. "All of this makes little sense in a world where digital copies, legal or otherwise, are freely available," Wildstrom reports. "I don't want to condone piracy. Yet it's hard to condemn—or resist—when there's a commodity item out there on the market and the vendor, for no particular reason, neglects to make it available to buyers. In short, the effort studios are making to preserve a dying business model seems increasingly pointless," Wildstrom reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: As ...

Particle Debris (Week ending 1/2) Behind the Curtain
The Mac Observer — ... Christmas, I noticed that there is still some incoherence and feuding when it comes to digital extras. Sony's Hancock, for example, has an extra digital copy on disc for PCs and PSPs, but doesn't appear to support iTunes. I suppose that's par for the course for Sony, interesting but not unexpected. Universal's Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor does include an iTune compatible version. I've asked Sony about this and will report when the company responds. Some indication of the problems encountered by Hollywood were discussed by Stephen Wildstrom at BusinessWeek : "The ...