Joss Whedon and Mark Harris: Getting art and commerce to finally hook up
This weekend at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University, I was lucky enough to hear from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the entertainment business. The weekend kicked off with Mark Harris, critic and author, who spoke about the need for both the producers and the consumers of media to [...]
Battlestar Galactica’s Face of the Enemy: Evidently Quite Kissable
I’ve been waiting, quite nervously, for the return of Battlestar Galactica in January. It’s been so gosh darn long since the end of the first half of season 4 – what if I don’t remember what happened? Lucky for me I can still Catch the Frak Up. We’ve also got webisodes to help us get [...]
Hulu Business Model Meets Skepticism
Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, speculates that Hulu is selling ads at $25 CPM (cost per mille), and that their monthly traffic of 5 million viewers would translate to $125,000 after revenue sharing. He doesn’t cover what numbers he thinks Hulu has on the expenses side of the balance sheet, but does say that [...]
