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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Including the media industry.
Sometimes they don't seam to realisae we don't need thier product.
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I think most of the media industry is VERY aware that we don't need their product. That's why radio and TV is advertiser-supported... and why TV shows and movies add elements like popular actors, T&A and predictable scripts, even where such things degrade the program, in order to attract larger audiences. That's why TV shows are going internet, allowing audiences to watch whenever they want, regardless of the TV schedule. That's why movies offer DVDs and digital copies. They go out of their way to accommodate the public, and try to figure out how to profit from it after they've secured our attention.
The books industry has never been any good at this, though all the celebrity tell-all books and ghost biographies are clearly their attempt to figure it out. But content is old news, now they need to figure out the packaging... and they're
way behind on that.