Links for November 29th through November 30th

30 November 2009 | Media | Comments

Things I’m tracking for November 29th through November 30th:

• The Media Equation – For Media, a Sunset Is Followed Quickly by a Sunrise – NYTimes.com – "For those of us who work in Manhattan media, it means that a life of occasional excess and prerogative has been replaced by a drum beat of goodbye speeches with sheet cakes and cheap sparkling wine. It’s a wan reminder that all reigns are temporary, that the court of self-appointed media royalty was serving at the pleasure of an advertising economy that itself was built on inefficiency and excess. Google fixed that. "
• "Millions for defense, not one cent for a scriptwriter!"… – Lois Bujold’s MySpace Blog – Canny analysis of the Star Trek film by one of my favorite writers:
  "So, okay, I thought as I settled back, we're in for two hours of the Dopeler effect, defined as: If Hollywood can just keep the action coming at you fast enough, no one will have time to stop and think how stupid it is. (This ignores the advent of DVDs, and the fact that people can now watch things more than once, with time to think between. I'd have thought this new technology would have raised the bar for scripts, but it only seems to have raised the bar for visual effects.) "
• AOL Readies New Media-Production System – WSJ.com – "AOL is putting the finishing touches on a high-tech system for mass-producing news articles, entertainment and other online content, the linchpin of Chief Executive Tim Armstrong's strategy for reviving the struggling 25-year-old Internet company after Time Warner spins it off next month.

  Mr. Armstrong's goal is to make AOL, which has been losing visitors and revenue, a magnet for both advertisers and consumers by turning it into the top creator of digital content. He hopes to do so in part by turning some media and marketing conventions on their ear, and potentially blurring the lines between journalism and advertising."

• Daily Mail Falls Into the Red – WSJ.com –
• Up Next: A Post-Digital World – Forbes.com – Nice piece by Rishad.