Thad McIlroy - The Future of Publishing

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Sep 26, 08
The Future of Newspapers
I've just updated my article on the future of newspapers. It was painful. I felt like I was writing about the progress being made in treating AIDS in Africa or the
Sep 22, 08
Sources are Leaking Adobe Creative Suite 4 News
I just received an email from Adobe's PR agency as follows: Hello – Due to sources leaking Adobe Creative Suite 4 news prior to the previously set NDA date of
Sep 21, 08
Are You Ready for Something Brilliant?
That's the title of Adobe's invitation to the world for a special Web broadcast of the details of the eagerly-awaited Creative Suite 4. We who have been briefed on
Sep 20, 08
Journalists Should Sue Themselves
Wow! Jeff Jarvis, whose BuzzMachine blog is one of the best there is, went to town in a September 17th entry sparked by the lawsuit of the journalists at the Los
Sep 12, 08
Steve Jobs and the Future of Publishing
By now it's widely-accepted that few if any publicly-traded companies are as inextricably linked to the fate and fortune of their commander-in-chief as is Apple

Computer Games References

1. The two major associations that support computer gaming are the Entertainment Software Association (esa) and the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

2. A very thorough, readable, credible and up-to-date (November 2007) report "Video Games in the 21st Century" by the Entertainment Software Association, focused on the economics of the "entertainment software industry" is available here.

3. Complementing that report is another from the same association, "2007 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry," focused more on the who and why aspects of computer gaming.

4. The gaming insider's sites include www.gamasutra.com and the GamePro group of sites, packed with more reviews, data, analysis and gossip than you might care to peruse. There's also Kotaku, with "gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers," and Joystiq, "launched in June 2004 as an alternative to the junket-ridden, glorified press release fodder that passed for video game journalism at large mainstream media gaming news outlets."

5. The gaming sites for multiplayer games include www.multiplayergames.com, "created by gamers (as the) source for a fresh perspective on the world of online, multiplayer gaming," and www.mmogchart.com, "dedicated to (Bruce Sterling Woodcock's) research in tracking the growth of subscription-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)."

6. Here's a rough transcript of an interview at the D6 conference with Bobby Kotick CEO of Activision (ATVI), one of the industry's largest computer game companies, with net revenues of approximately $2.7 billion. Some video highlights of the interview are available also.

7. What Role Will Advertising Play in the $40 Billion Video Game Industry?
DFC Intelligence offers a well-reasoned scenario for the likely growth in advertising revenue for the video game industry in an article from its website.
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