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Chris Anderson vs Malcolm Gladwell: The Freestyle Fight
paidContent —
... The battle of pop sociologists just got a lot more interesting: in the latest issue of New Yorker magazine, Malcolm Gladwell does a ...
Gladwell Takes on Anderson’s Free
Screenwerk —
... quintessential modern drug: a high-tech, targeted remedy that took a very long and costly path to market. Myozyme is priced at three hundred thousand dollars a year. Genzyme isn’t a mining company: its real assets are intellectual property—information, not stuff. But, in this case, information does not want to be free. It wants to be really, really expensive.
Anderson dismisses Gladwell’s criticism as psychologically threatening:
A long review of Free by Malcolm Gladwell. Like many journalists, he finds Free unsettling ...
Condé Nast's Grumpy East Coast-West Coast Feud
Valleywag —
Big Ideas Author Malcolm Gladwell, a Manhattanite of the New Yorker, has issued a smackdown review of Free, Big Ideas Author Chris Anderson, a Berkeleyan of San Francisco's Wired. If that's not provocative enough, Gladwell sounds downright grumpy.
Gladwell begins with a recitation from the May U.S. Senate hearing on the newspaper industry, the one where David Simon spouted nonsense, and the one that has apparently become a sort of media Woodstock, dividing generations in the big ongoing publishing ...
Condé Nast's Grumpy East Coast-West Coast Feud
Gawker: valleywag —
Big Ideas Author Malcolm Gladwell, a Manhattanite of the New Yorker, has issued a smackdown review of Free, Big Ideas Author Chris Anderson, a Berkeleyan of San Francisco's Wired. If that's not provocative enough, Gladwell sounds downright grumpy.
Gladwell begins with a recitation from the May U.S. Senate hearing on the newspaper industry, the one where David Simon spouted nonsense, and the one that has apparently become a sort of media Woodstock, dividing generations in the big ongoing publishing ...
Dear Malcolm: Why So Threatened?
Wired: Epicenter —
... But since journalist Malcolm Gladwell has somewhat parochially decided to make the Future of Paid Journalism the focus of his review of Free (which is, ironically, free on the New Yorker’s website; perhaps this is something Gladwell should take up with David Remnick?), I’ll try to respond in a bit more detail. ...
links for 2009-06-29
Jarrett House North —
... Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson: Books: The New Yorker
Gladwell's review rightly points out that the cost of distribution going to free does not mean that there is no cost in the production of goods. So what happens when you follow that thought to its ...
Roundup: Dell’s iPhone-sized gadget, Malcolm Gladwell vs. Chris Anderson, books on smartphones
VentureBeat —
... Malcolm Gladwell reviews Wired editor Chris Anderson’s new book, Free – Ten-word version: “He’s forgotten about the plants and the power lines.” Since the New Yorker has already embraced Anderson’s core concept, you can read Gladwell’s review for free. Update: Anderson just posted a response: “ ...
Breakfast briefing: £1bn for startups, and Steve Jobs goes back to work
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... . Gladwell landed the first blow with a long review of Free in the New Yorker that questioned Anderson's thesis. Anderson has dealt a response ...
Linkpost | 6.30.2009
TechBlog —
... - Not a phone, necessarily, but the WSJ says it is designed primarily to access the Web and is slightly bigger than an iPod Touch. • PRICED TO SELL - Malcom Gladwell reviews Chris Anderson's new book, Free , and is not kind. Anderson responds: ...
Malcolm Gladwell vs. Chris Anderson: Damn Technology Utopians
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed —
... It’s always fun when one popular idea popularizer goes after another popular idea popularizer. This time we have Malcolm “Tipping Point” Gladwell writing critically about Chris “Free” Anderson in the current New Yorker. Read the whole thing, but let’s just summarize to say that Malcolm doesn’t really think that Chris is on to anything, in particular assuming him of “technological utopianism”. Oooooh. ...
Condé Nast's Grumpy East Coast-West Coast Feud
Gawker Comments —
[image] Big Ideas Author Malcolm Gladwell , a Manhattanite of the New Yorker , has i ssued a smackdown review of Free , Big Ideas Author Chris Anderson , a Berkeleyan of San Francisco's Wired . If that's not provocative enough, Gladwell sounds downright grumpy. Gladwell begins with a recitation from the May U.S. Senate hearing on the newspaper industry, the one where David Simon spouted nonsense , and the one that has apparently become a sort of media Woodstock, dividing generations in the big ongoing publishing upheaval. Gladwell ...
Seth Godin Says Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong
Daring Fireball —
... Godin says he disagrees with Gladwell’s review of Chris Anderson’s Free, but it’s unclear to me exactly what he thinks Gladwell is wrong about. What I took away from Gladwell’s review is that Anderson is wrong that free media alone will satisfy our demand, not an argument that existing not-free media institutions must somehow be preserved. ...
It May Be Free, But It's Sure As Hell Underwritten
John Battelle's Searchblog —
... to Malcolm's initial evisceration comes on Wired.com, where, shock of all shocks, advertising is prominently featured. Free, of course, doesn't come without a business model. ...
“Free” Isn’t Worth Reading, But It’s Worth Discussing
Technology Liberation Front —
... I’ve been reading many critiques of Wired editor Chris Anderson’s new book, Free, after first reading Malcolm Gladwell’s review in The New Yorker. Gladwell’s piece is fantastic as it illuminates just how wrong Anderson’s central claim really is. Anderson writes that: ...
Defending Free
Technology Liberation Front —
There’s been a lot of criticism lately of Chris Anderson’s Free. Malcolm Gladwell didn’t like it. Matt Yglesias had a sharp and critical response, and here at TLF Cord offered a strongly negative take on the book.
I haven’t read Free myself yet, but I think I know Anderson’s argument well enough to know the critics aren’t really engaging it. Two really important points seem to be getting missed.
First, when Anderson says “eventually the force of economic gravity will win,” he ...
The Cost Of Free, Revisited
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
At the New Yorker, there's a review of Chris Anderson's new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell. The points made in the article, while not aimed directly at die-hard open source advocates, might well have been. Free, as Gladwell puts it, is just another price.
Chris Anderson, Malcolm Gladwell And A Look At Free
Techdirt —
... and making it seem simple and easy to understand. I have to admit that I really enjoy reading almost anything he writes for the pleasure of seeing how it's written. That said, I've found his books to be unsatisfying in the end. Great, fun reads at the time, but I kept feeling like I was waiting for more. I was waiting for the actual substance to back up the amazing thesis. It's amusing then, to see him basically suggest the same thing about Chris Anderson's new book, Free in his review of the book in the New Yorker. That review has kicked off quite an ...
Just How Successful is the iPhone App Store?
textually.org —
In Malcolm Gladwells New Yorker review of Chris Andersons new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, he said that Apple will soon be making more money from iPhone downloads than it does from the iPhone itself. The WSJ reports.
He said this to make a point that businesses can still be successful charging for content. But a quick glance at the iPhones numbers show that he may have been a little too hasty in his assertion.
... But a bigger moneymaker than the iPhone itself? Its not even close. Apple doesnt break out details about iPhone and App Store profits, so its difficult to get a precise figure. But Shaw Wu, an ...
Maybe “Paid” Is the Future of Online Business [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... of either ad-sponsored or paid upgrades taking place online, at least when compared with the disproportionate amounts of money still being exchanged for offline goods and services. Google is the glaring exception, a web darling Anderson is quick to reference in his book. But even the search giant isn’t perfect — YouTube is a money pit, as part-time critic and full-time intellectual Malcom Gladwell notes in his dissenting review of “Free” for the New Yorker. ...
Freemium and Freeconomics
A VC —
This week we saw the release of Chris Anderson's book Free and reviews from the New Yorker (Malcolm Gladwell) and the Financial Times. I'd like to talk a bit about the firestorm that freeconomics (fed by Chris' book) has unleashed but first we need to clarify something. The FT piece says: The most plausible contender for an "entirely new economic ...
WWD Weekend Reading List [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend:
The New Yorker: “Priced To Sell: Is Free the Future?”
CNET: “Do URLs matter anymore?”
Yahoo Shine: “How to improve your email etiquette”
TheAppleBlog: “MacBook Air is the Apple Netbook, End of ...
Trent Reznor Backs Chris Anderson’s Theory of ‘Free’
Wired: Epicenter —
Macolm Gladwell may have taken issue with Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson’s assertion that the price of digital goods naturally drops to zero, but Trent Reznor — who has successfully practiced the theory for years — couldn’t agree more.
Some fans objected to Reznor’s claim that Topspin Media (video interview) “got it right” with its re-release of the Beastie Boys album Ill Communication, which offers a wide array of merchandise in just about every conceivable format at a wide variety of prices. It’s become a well-worn criticism of the independent distribution ...
Guest Post: Is Free The Future Of Enterprise Software? Yes And No.
TechCrunch —
Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box.net, founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide.
There’s now a lot of buzz debating the business model of “Free” with the release of Chris Anderson’s new book. Most of the conversation has focused on free media and free consumer services, but ultimately the effects and expectations of free in our consumer lives will begin to emerge within our business lives. Today, there’s no shortage of examples ...
Is Free The Future Of Enterprise Software? Yes And No.
TechCrunch —
Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box.net, founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide.
There’s now a lot of buzz debating the business model of “Free” with the release of Chris Anderson’s new book. Most of the conversation has focused on free media and free consumer services, but ultimately the effects and expectations of free in our consumer lives will begin to emerge within our business lives. Today, there’s no shortage of examples ...
Chris Anderson: Asshole Interviewee
Valleywag —
Wired editor Chris Anderson has fully morphed from a journalist, who knows what it's like to have to interview other people, into a celebrity, who has no time for these fucking reporters and their boring questions. "Journalism," what's that?
This is the very first question from a Q&A; with Anderson in the German mag Spiegel:
SPIEGEL: Mr. Anderson, let's talk about the future of journalism.
Anderson: This is going to be a very annoying interview. I don't use the word journalism.
Uhh...
SPIEGEL: Okay, how about newspapers? They are in deep trouble both in the United States ...
Chris Anderson: Asshole Interviewee
Gawker: valleywag —
Wired editor Chris Anderson has fully morphed from a journalist, who knows what it's like to have to interview other people, into a celebrity, who has no time for these fucking reporters and their boring questions. "Journalism," what's that?
This is the very first question from a Q&A; with Anderson in the German mag Spiegel:
SPIEGEL: Mr. Anderson, let's talk about the future of journalism.
Anderson: This is going to be a very annoying interview. I don't use the word journalism.
Uhh...
SPIEGEL: Okay, how about newspapers? They are in deep trouble both in the United States ...
Free vs. Not Free
bMighty.com - Features —
Chris Anderson, who literally wrote the book on "free," faces off with the tech gurus at 37Signals, who say "free" is the great sham of the digital age. Free = Free Your Mind Don't be afraid to give your product away, Chris Anderson says, you'll figure out how to make money later. The secret to success in the digital age is giving people what they want -- literally, says Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired magazine ...
Unwiring Wired
Gawker: valleywag —
For a digital bible, Wired has been turning surprisingly analog over the past year. The latest regressions: The publication just fired two top editors from Wired.com and may soon lose the founders of Reddit.com.
Wired.com managing editor Marty Cortinas and copy chief Tony Long were laid off last week, sources tell us, though it's expected the two will stay on through the end of the year. The loss of two people, even high ranking ones, might not seem too brutal but for the website's recent history: it lost a quarter of its staff last November, along with a closely-aligned development executive at parent company CondéNet; then in ...
Unwiring Wired
Valleywag —
For a digital bible, Wired has been turning surprisingly analog over the past year. The latest regressions: The publication just fired two top editors from Wired.com and may soon lose the founders of Reddit.com.
Wired.com managing editor Marty Cortinas and copy chief Tony Long were laid off last week, sources tell us, though it's expected the two will stay on through the end of the year. The loss of two people, even high ranking ones, might not seem too brutal but for the website's recent history: it lost a quarter of its staff last November, along with a closely-aligned development executive at parent company CondéNet; then in April it lost ...
