From Ted Hope's twitter feed. Industry executive Barry Diller talks about charging for online content.
An excerpt:
"Anything of any value…is going to get paid for" online, Diller said during the event, which was co-hosted by Internet juggernaut IAC and Digital Hollywood.
Diller said the switch to more paid offers is "absolutely inevitable" in order for content producers [...]
The changing face of media distribution has gotten everyone in the film business (both studio and "independent") scared. If you think about it, media as we know it is quite young and has been constantly evolving over the past century. As this evolution accelerates in the digital era, everyone naturally tries to frame the future [...]
Layoffs at the new William Morris Endeavor Entertainment giant is symptomatic of the overall contraction going on in the industry and traditional media in general. Some may smirk, some may wince, but what will the trickle down effect be (directly or indirectly) for everyone else?
Link to the article in Variety.
While skimming through Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott's "Memos to Hollywood" on nytimes.com, I noticed this bit:
To: Heads of production, Sony, Universal, Paramount, Fox, Disney
Cc: Joe Swanberg, Andrew Bujalski, Greta Gerwig, Aaron Katz and all their Facebook Friends
From: A.O.S.
You all keep trying to make Rock Hudson-Doris Day-style romantic comedies with the golden guys and gals [...]
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