Tag Archives: music

Purple Reign Ends

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Doc Searls

Prince, to the Mirror: “The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get … Continue reading →

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WGBH and public radio’s future

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Doc Searls

@robpatrob (Robert Paterson) asks (responding to this tweet and this post) “Why would GBH line up against BUR? Why have a war between 2 Pub stations in same city?” (In this tweet and this one, Dan Kennedy asks pretty much … Continue reading →

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Earth: Bringer of Lunch

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Doc Searls

The kid goes to bed every night lately while treating himself to a classical piece on his bedroom stereo. Tonight, our last (a bonus, thanks to a plane that didn’t fly) in Santa Barbara before returning to Boston tomorrow, he … Continue reading →

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From a holler up in Silicon Valley

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Doc Searls

Jan Lewis gave me my first solo work in Silicon Valley: writing stuff for her monthly newsletter. This was in the fall of 1985. Jan was an industry analyst at the time, with a solo practice. I met her at … Continue reading →

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After the advertising bubble bursts

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Doc Searls

Thesis #74 of The Cluetrain Manifesto says, “We are immune to advertising. Just forget it.” We wrote that in 1999, when everybody thought that advertising was going to be THE model for businesses on the Internet. The crash came less … Continue reading →

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Digging KGSR

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Doc Searls

Until I hit SCAN on the little radio I carry with me on trips, I had forgotten how much I enjoyed KGSR/107.1 the last time I was here at SXSW. They’ve added some power since then (up from 39kw to … Continue reading →

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