[TML] 3I Media (was Killer instinct)

[Timothy Little]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:27:08AM -0500, Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> I'm liable to prefer my local celebrities (whom I can get easy
> updates/gossip about) over ones parsecs away.  Well, not me, because
> I don't care about the stupid gossip mags.  But many people do.  How
> famous would Britney be right now if she wasn't on the tabloid
> covers every week?  :)

I don't think it would make any difference if the tabloid covers were
showing stuff that (technically) happened months ago.  It's just as
new to everyone you'll talk to.  In that sense it's not "last week's
news" since nobody has any newer news to compare it against.

I'm sure those who produce and promote entertainment will try to
extend their exposure as widely as possible.  If the common forms of
entertainment are anything like our mass media (admittedly not a
given), extra copies cost basically nothing to make and can be sold
for essentially pure profit.  That's a pretty strong force driving
toward universal distribution.

The question is, will they be much like ours?


- Tim