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Consider PHD Perspectives: The iPad isn't About Apps: It's About the Future of Media and Content:

...3rd party support for the iPad will not come from unenthusiastic developers. Rather, it will come from content publishers. Context experiences from media companies like newspaper and magazine publishers, blogs, book publishers, TV studios, and sports leagues will make the iPad valuable. Without this outside support, the iPad will fester as an expensive way to browse the Web, something competitors will quickly match at lower price-points...

When I read that I thought, What a publisher-centric way of looking at things. Let me explain. Read more »

As far back as the publishing industry goes it has limited content availability by limiting the media. Read more »

The Reuters article, Amazon Surrenders In Weekend E-Book Battle, starts off with an interesting tidbit:

The under ten-buck e-book may soon be a thing of the past. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon (AMZN) stopped selling books from publisher Macmillan on Sunday due to a dispute over e-book pricing. While the company says it plans to eventually resume sales, it has admitted that it will probably have to give in to Macmillan’s push for higher per-title pricetags more in line with those that Apple (AAPL) has proposed for the iPad...

Let me start off with a few things. Read more »

This is just too brilliant to pass up. The video says it all... and more.

Siddhartha Banerjee's comment on the Five Web Predictions for 2010 got me thinking. I'll quote the first part: Read more »