David Card
David Card
David Edward Cardis a Canadian labour economist and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley...
advertising apply both business money overall primarily strategy tactics trying
It's kind of subtle, because they're making money off of advertising that they show both to subscribers and non-subscribers. They're trying to apply a lot of different tactics to this overall strategy of migrating the business from primarily fee-based to primarily advertising-based.
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It's challenging teaching that audience to use those kinds of tools. It may not be a natural thing, but it could work if they do a good job data mining and finding people with like passions.
ability depends draw execution intriguing market share strong
It's an intriguing vision, but a lot depends on Microsoft's execution and ability to draw market share from some strong competitors.
good markets
They're going into markets where there are very good competitors.
adult content early leader market willing
They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment. The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
adult content early leader market willing
They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment, ... The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
initial privacy resistance security type
There will be initial resistance to this type of service, because privacy and security are concerns.
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AOL's best place is still inside of Time Warner. If Time Warner can make AOL work and keep it profitable, they've got a platform that can be powerful for promoting all their other media properties. I think Time Warner would rather not turn over full ownership of AOL. They're just looking for other opportunities.
anybody aol cooperate incentive letting
AOL isn't letting anybody into their network, if they don't have to. There's no incentive for AOL to cooperate with anyone.
apple changed product rapidly strategy
Apple changed its product strategy more rapidly than we thought it would.
build catalyst companies consumer content digital file format mp3 music offer online others players products security standards
Having a file compression format and MP3 players aren't enough. The catalyst for online music distribution will be products that offer security for digital content and standards around which consumer electronics companies and others can build products.
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Sports content is a very successful part of the Web, ... and ESPN is right up there.
competition growing
It's not about competition yet, it's about growing the market.
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The Journal is spreading rumors that Microsoft's music subscription service -- itself a rumor -- is on hold due to heavy royalty demands from labels.