http://myceolife.com/2010/03/the-internet-killing-old-world-businesses/ Real Business, Real Problems, Real Solutions Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://myceolife.com/2010/03/the-internet-killing-old-world-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-3453 Craig Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:20:20 +0000 http://myceolife.com/?p=478#comment-3453 Any information business (news, music, movies etc) that has a physical component (paper, cd's, dvd's etc) is in trouble if they can't adapt to remove that physical component. Actually having to go to Blockbuster to pick up a DVD makes no sense when you have the infrastructure to get it directly from a plug in the wall. Many old organisations have used that physical aspect as a way of controlling their media distribution as well, and it is taking a long time for them to realise they can remove that without relinquishing all control. Any information business (news, music, movies etc) that has a physical component (paper, cd’s, dvd’s etc) is in trouble if they can’t adapt to remove that physical component. Actually having to go to Blockbuster to pick up a DVD makes no sense when you have the infrastructure to get it directly from a plug in the wall. Many old organisations have used that physical aspect as a way of controlling their media distribution as well, and it is taking a long time for them to realise they can remove that without relinquishing all control.

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