In the span of a single generation, the phrase "entertainment and media content" has undergone a profound metamorphosis. Twenty years ago, it meant a clear dichotomy: entertainment was the movie you watched in a theater or the sitcom on network TV; media content was the newspaper you read or the radio you listened to during rush hour.
If you are a consumer, the strategy is survival: curation. You cannot watch everything. You cannot listen to everything. The winner in this new era is not the person with the most subscriptions, but the person who has learned to aggressively protect their attention. PornMegaLoad.20.05.26.Persia.Monir.Put.It.In.Th...
This article explores the current landscape of entertainment and media content, dissecting the trends, technologies, and consumer behaviors that are rewriting the rules of engagement. The first major shift in this decade came from the decoupling of content from hardware. For decades, to watch a movie, you needed a television or a cinema screen. To listen to music, you needed a radio or a CD player. In the span of a single generation, the