In a message dated 1/8/2009 9:18:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, oakd...@yahoo.com writes:
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, marioa...@... wrote:An overview of the newspaper vs. the web issue recently discussed here from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for Business. parts must be dated because this comment isn't true any longer... >>>>Pay satellite radio has flourished despite the availability of free AM and FM radio and the ubiquity of iPods.<<< The article was published yesterday, but I, too, wondered about pay radio. Never bought into it myself, and it looks like Howard Stern may be sorry he made the switch. >>>> _http://tinyurl.com/a457d9_ (http://tinyurl.com/a457d9) But in the same article is this: Even though Sirius XM is one of the very few media companies whose revenue and number of subscribers are growing these days, a dime and a nickel will get you a share of the company's stock (with some change left over). [52 week change = minus 95 %] I guess Wharton is referring to the public's continuing appetite for pay services, not whether an individual company has made wise decisions. I always opted for at least one premium TV and one On Demand package; then added NetFlix early on, 3 at a time for approx $18/month. Then, oddly, was able to get unlimited On Demand from Netflix by adding the Roku gizmo for less money, $9/month (less than the price of admission at most theaters). Now Roku offers Amazon's OD with more companies to follow.... So some media companies with smartz have been able to thrive in a fast changing technology environment. As a media consumer, I knew Netflix would thrive when I saw the 60 minutes segment in 2006. _http://tinyurl.com/2ch4ve_ (http://tinyurl.com/2ch4ve) Back then he was already gearing up for streaming directly to TV, not PCs. But what impressed me most was his understanding that customer service was paramount. NetFlix stopped hiding their contact numbers and went to 24/7/365 live phone reps. Amazon has a similar system with almost immediate call backs when you submit your phone number online. **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
