Digital music revenues grew 23.6% year-on-year.
For the first time the amount of money made from digital music services has outstripped the sale of traditional CDs and records, according to first quarter revenue figures from music industry trade body BPI.
Continue reading… “Digital music spending accounts for 55.5% of total music sales”
About 20 percent of the 1,400 or so daily papers in the U.S. will charge for online access by the end of the year.
Last week McClathy’s announced it will expand its paywall testing to four more sites and now the Chicago Tribune’s plans to charge readers for some of its online content. This further proof that a majority of large newspaper companies now believe in some form of paid online content.
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Do-it-Yourself Economy
Russell Howze was working as a creative at an advertising agency in Atlanta when he got laid off due to budget cuts years ago. For years he spent his time piecing together work through various corporate jobs, until he decided to follow his heart. Russell then founded a nonprofit organization for artists, and now supplements his income running street art tours through Vayable in his spare time.
Continue reading… “Micro-entrepreneurship a growing trend”
Harnessing the dynamic Casimir effect.
Precocious young physicist Aisha Mustafa just patented a new system that could propel spacecrafts to the final frontier without using a drop of fuel.
In short her system taps one of the odder facets of quantum theory, which posits that space isn’t really a vacuum. It’s really filled with particles and anti-particles that exist for infinitesimally small periods of time before destroying each other. Mustafa thinks she can harness them to create propulsion, resulting in space craft that need little-to-no fuel to maneuver around in space. Fast Company reports…
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Language and emotion play a big roll in business success.
Did you ever stop and think about some of the words and phrases you use in your business communications everyday? And did you ever pause and truly think about what message you are conveying with your words and phrases. In today’s conversations, there are many words and phrases spoken without any real sensitivity to the “real message” they convey to the hearer. Many of these seem quite innocent and are probably thought to be inconsequential. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you would be at a strategic advantage in your business communications if you understand that there are some words and phrases that should be avoided. Here is a list of 8 phrases and Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach antidote to the deadly phrase…
Continue reading… “Deadly Phrases In Business That Can Kill Success”
More than 89.6 million Americans bought an item from a catalog last year.
Spending online is increasing. But retail catalogs are not fading away. Catalogs are still an important part of business for retailers.
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A new rival is bringing some serious competition to Microsoft when it comes to bringing motion controls to desktop and laptop computers. Leap Motion has just launched a gesture-control device that may not be as powerful as Kinect for Windows, but is definitely cheaper.
The amount of capital available for entrepreneurs when you count the customer market is much larger.
The startup community gave itself a high five in April when the JOBS Act was signed. Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get access to funding, not just a small cabal of investors living in a 20-mile radius of Menlo Park.
Continue reading… “Crowdfunding from customers – new class of investors for startup capital”
Everyone wants to believe that a few bad apples spoil the bunch. but according to research everyone lies a little bit when given the opportunity, even to the point where they lose their sense of integrity. Dan Ariely, author of the new book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty,” explains why.
Continue reading… “Why everyone lies”
The average sticker price and average net price for tuition and fees at public and private colleges in the U.S. over the past 15 years.
There are two ways to think about college tuition price:
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Futurist Thomas Frey: The insurance industry exists as a tool for mitigating the costs and damage associated with a single incident occurring for an individual or organization.
Continue reading… “Transforming the Future of the Insurance Industry”
You took the yellow pill didn’t you?
Quote of the Day – “I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing – like showering.” – Yakov Smirnoff
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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