Graham Brown and Josh Dhaliwal discuss latest news affecting mobile, youth and music

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The 2008 mobileYouth report published May shows although mobile Youth globally spend over $300 billion annually on this industry, young consumers are now spending less per head on mobile than they were a year ago. Fewer youth are downloading mobile music and games.
We have reached the ARPU Ceiling.
Why?
When RIAA legal team spokesperson Jonathan Lammy pronounced [...]

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Following on from our earlier post on Consumer Generated Content, business models that seem to offer the most value to the consumer occupy the middle ground between brand leadership and open-source do-as-you-feel consumer-generated whatever type scenarios.
Content is a tool to facilitate social interaction. You talk about the latest football game, soap, drama, music with your [...]

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Give first - the natural law of relationships
Some wise old owl once said to me - “never visit a friend’s house without bringing a gift - no matter how small an inexpensive that gift may be”.
In my adult life it’s something I’ve tried to practise - it’s not always a bottle of wine but it [...]

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Mobile music is back on the agenda since Apple launched the Iphone. However, the music industry’s focus is elsewhere - Radiohead being one such credible distraction.
The Next Great Thing provides  a useful summary relevant industry moves in mobile music. Here’s an overview:

Apple’s iPhone downloads songs using wi-fi from its already successful iTunes store.
Nokia has launched [...]

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