Paid Music’s Slippery Slope
Teen paid music consumption continues its downward slope. NPD reports that 13-17 yr olds consumed 19% less paid music in 2008 than in 2007. Interest in music, however, fails to wane with more teens listening to online radio than ever (now at 52% compared to 38% one year earlier). (Source Marketing Charts)
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The reception at MTV Viacom headquarters off Oxford Street in London tells an interesting story.
The Berlin Wall
As you enter you’re greated by a seminal piece of photography - 2 East German guards standing in uniform atop the Berlin Wall. It’s 1989 and the younger guard is holding, as a symbol of arrival, an umbrella emblazoned [...]

First we have a blip in Facebook numbers now we have mainstream publications such as Newsweek putting the boot into “user generated content” and trying to take ownership of new phrases for the public lexicon such as “Web 3.0″.
NW’s positions Web3.0 as life after the era of Digital Maoism - or that is mob rule.
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We went out and asked London’s youth about their media habits

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Asking students about mobile lifestyle

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In a survey conducted by McCann Worldgroup Thai teenagers were asked about their favourite form of media. The results – Internet and mobile phone take up the two top ranks, followed by TV in third place.
This outcome could be interpreted as a shift from traditional to more innovative and interactive media, and while it [...]