December 28th, 2005 by Chad
Millennium Music is a retailer that apparently allows you to send them a bunch of your CDs, and you will get a shiny new iPod in return. Which kind of iPod depends on how many discs you sent them:
- 45 CDs = 512 MB iPod Shuffle
- 65 CDs = 1 GB iPod Shuffle
- 85 CDs = 2 GB iPod Nano
- 110 CDs = 4 GB Nano
- 130 CDs = 30 GB iPod
- 175 CDs = 60 GB iPod
My question is, why would this be better than selling a ton of your CDs at the local record store (which could net you as much as 4 bucks per CD, depending on a bunch of things like quality and worthiness), especially if you factor in the (probably huge) shipping cost to ship these guys your CDs? I don’t get it.
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March 26th, 2005 by Chad
I’m thinking I agree with Adam Curry’s thoughts. I think it really is just a matter of time before podcasting “blows up” and people may actually make some coin. I’m sure time will tell what effect podcasting has on society, if any, but should be interesting to see… I’ve been pondering starting my own little podcast in the near future. I’m actually in the planning stages of initial content matter for it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4371555.stm
Excerpt:
“It is totally going to kill the business model of radio,” thinks Curry.
“I just did a tour of Madison Avenue where all the big brands and advertising agencies of the world are,” he says.
“And they are scared to death of the next generation - like my daughter who is 14 - who don’t listen to radio.
“They are on MSN, they’ve got their iPod, their MP3 player, they’ve got their Xbox - they are not listening to radio.
“So how are they going to reach these audiences?
“It is the distribution that is changing and the barriers are being brought down so everyone can be part of it.”
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