COMM214-Media Podcast

Title: Napster vs The Record Labels - Free is Costly | 3 Show: Business Wars Station: Wondery Brief: Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker finally get to Silicon Valley, where their dream for music sharing is supposed to take off. When word gets out about what Napster is doing, software programmers are literally banging on the doors, begging to work for Napster for free. Their idea is solid, but the finances are weak. It’s time to incorporate and find investors. Shawn turns to draw up papers. To Shawn’s shock, his uncle takes 70 percent of the company for the effort. And, as it turns out, it costs a lot of money to bring the world free music. URL: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/business-wars Published: Oct. 25, 2018

Title: Napster vs The Record Labels - Silicon Valley or Bust | 2 Show: Business Wars Station: Wondery Brief: Naysayers tell Shawn Fanning that only an experienced Silicon Valley software engineer solve all the technological challenges to get Napster working. But Shawn thinks he’s got the answers and asks himself, ‘’why not me?” And he gets to work, turning to an online chat group of hackers who are eager to help so they can take the fight right to the doorstep of the record labels. URL: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/business-wars/e/56850014 Published: Oct. 23, 2018

Title: Napster vs The Record Labels - The Beginning of the End | 1 Show: Business Wars Station: Wondery Brief: It’s 2000, and the record industry is just waking up to a major threat to its business model: an online file-sharing system created by a 17-year-old kid from Massachusetts. With Napster — so called after the nickname its founder earned on the basketball court — users can download music for free. Why would anyone pay 18 or 20 bucks for a CD ever again? Musicians like the Offspring greet the technology with open arms. Some bands see Napster as a way to make more money on each song while breaking the control of the record labels over their music. But not so fast. The record industry isn’t just going to give up its $15 billion in annual profits. And the music execs are convinced: the courts will be on their side. URL: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/business-wars/e/56778674 Published: Oct. 18, 2018

Title: Beating Bollywood Show: Indicator Station: NPR Brief: India's population is 1.3 billion. So it only makes sense that American streaming giants Amazon and Netflix would want to get into the market. After all, that big number represents a lot of potential customers to binge watch your content. The move seems simple, right? Both companies have already figured out successful, international strategies. But so far, success in India has proved elusive. Sally Herships identifies three key strategies that may help. The first step - understanding the market. URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/10/18/658542073/beating-bollywood Published: Oct. 18, 2018

Title: What it's like to live in 2043 Show: Make Me Smart Station: Podcast-American Public Media (APM) Brief: It's getting cheaper and easier to make your house smart. That's exciting for many people. And concerning, too. Listener Jordan Parry got in touch a while back as her landlord was getting ready to install connected thermostats, keyless locks, water sensors and more smart features in her building — and she wanted to know about her right to protect her data. Enter another Make Me Smart listener, David Wilts. He's a tech consultant who adds these features to buildings, including his own home in Chicago. He told us what we should and shouldn't worry about before investing in, say, an Alexa-enabled microwave. URL:https://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/16/tech/make-me-smart-kai-and-molly/86-what-its-live-2043 Published on : Oct. 16, 2018