Not dead yet: too early to give up on an ad-supported web content model

(CW Network announces they’ll double their online ad load)

At the OMMA Global conference in San Francisco last week I saw a panel debate the “free vs paid” content model for big media.  The platform gave voice to a growing chorus singing the death of an ad-supported online content model.

But the conclusion [...]

Will Apple do to cable what it did to CDs? Talk about un-bundling…!

(Above:  Partial list of Time Warner Cable channel line-up for NYC)

Imagine selecting the 18 items you want at the grocery story and, at checkout, someone dumps 112 things you don’t want on the belt AND forces you to buy them.

You’d call the police.

Now, let’s talk about cable TV.

The average American household [...]