Tristan Louis

In the last two entries, I looked at an overall tri-dimensional model of the media landscape and delved in further into the entertainment vs. information axis. In this entry, we will look at the second dimension covering how media is financed.The many faces of subsidized mediaDo you buy the media...

In the last entry, I proposed a definition of media that would take us away from the mode of delivery and towards a 3-axis analysis of media models: entertainment/information, purchased/subsidized, and consumer/professional generated. In this entry, I am delving on the first of those dimensions.H...

Over the last few years, much has been written about some of the challenges the media industry is facing, particularly newspapers in the United States. I, myself, have covered the area pretty extensively and for a while but acting as both a reader and a writer of opinions about that industry, I h...

While most of the announcements around new iPod devices last week were underwhelming, Apple’s recent changes to iTunes could point to a much wider strategy to revolutionize how media is consumed in the future.Understanding iTunes LP and iTunes ExtrasFor the near future, Apple’s domina...

The human capacity for remembrance is both a blessing and a curse. Eight years ago, tragic events unfolded outside my office window. And eight years later, the memory still exerts a dull pain on my soul.But this year is also a little different. Kubler-Ross no longer applies as most of us have cyc...

It happens every few years. At some point or another in the tech cycle, someone asks or claims that New York is not keeping up in technology space, pointing to the valley’s outstanding growth (here’s the latest iteration, which provoked this response). And yet, the comparison is wrong...

It’s the height of summer and a several year old service has captured the mind of mainstream media.It has a relatively low but highly dedicated audience and is garnering good press both in the blogging community and the mainstream media.The service is suffering from growth related issues wh...

Visibility in Apple’s approval or rejection process for the App Store has become the white whale of many developers. In this second (and final) part of a series highlighting the first 18 applications to have been banned by Apple approvers, we will look at offerings that shockingly had to fi...

There has been a lot written about the Apple application store process and while it appears more transparency could be on the way, little is know about the rejection process. A little known fact is that internal developers at Apple have to pass the same type of rigorous review as anyone else befo...

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