tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5800192943151509226..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Was today the beginning of the end for media?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-78672393606952512792011-03-06T14:56:31.351+00:002011-03-06T14:56:31.351+00:00I actually think such technology will make it easi...I actually think such technology will make it easier for good authors to make money. Social Media will act as agent, distributor and advertising, all for free, and althought he cost to the consumer will be lower, the removal of infrastructure may allow good artists to make more money.Alex Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879059505692768369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67961993093652374772011-03-05T16:08:55.553+00:002011-03-05T16:08:55.553+00:00Maybe, just maybe, something like this will work o...Maybe, just maybe, something like this will work out. https://www.readability.com/<br /><br />And before you ask, no, I have not subscribed yet - but it looks likely I will get over the purchase hump.jonjumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342799003011305580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-82542502811190552002011-03-04T07:20:36.893+00:002011-03-04T07:20:36.893+00:00Real talent always finds a paying audience. There ...Real talent always finds a paying audience. There will always be authors; the really good ones will make lots of money, and some really rubbish ones too. The platform is irrelevant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213898947582161105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-68857671230205403502011-03-03T11:30:43.662+00:002011-03-03T11:30:43.662+00:00This may be pertinent: http://www.novelr.com/2011/...This may be pertinent: http://www.novelr.com/2011/02/27/rich-indie-writer<br /><br />The world will still consist of (a) those who own the pipes and consequently get seriously rich, and (b) those who create stuff to go through the pipe and emerge the other end, some of whom will get rich, some of whom won't. The difference will be the disappearance of those who stand at the entrance to the pipe and decide what should go through it. Possibly.MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589363260977274335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-517522851270953222011-03-03T07:44:42.413+00:002011-03-03T07:44:42.413+00:00Plenty is flowing out of it, but it's all tend...Plenty is flowing out of it, but it's all tending to being user-generated, free, or very very cheap. The same conversation is going on in telecoms, where the big carriers agonise about being reduced to to 'bit pipes' who get no 'added value' from apps and content - seemingly disregarding how very little value there is in apps and content. <br />Good post, and that Randy Newman quote is a gem. I shall be 'borrowing' it soon...ageing hipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647157883729105068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39400327676038279702011-03-02T22:19:19.477+00:002011-03-02T22:19:19.477+00:00To continue the analogy: most pipes go underground...To continue the analogy: most pipes go underground and we all know what flows through them.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-5802823415063181242011-03-02T21:46:32.239+00:002011-03-02T21:46:32.239+00:00The pipe will become worthless if nothing is flowi...The pipe will become worthless if nothing is flowing out of it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575041785754400085noreply@blogger.com