Tag: media

“Break Up with Your X”

Friend of the Gutter Brian Kirby urges media companies, publishers, agencies and agents to leave X. His analysis and advice is worth considering for more industries and individuals as well. “I’ve been in Marketing with a capital M for a couple of decades, and have worked on large-scale […]

Creeping Obsolescence

At the Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance writes about the creeping obsolescence of CDs (and DVDs) as well as the ways they deteriorate physically. “Recordable CDs—the kind you can burn or rewrite—tend to have more complicated degradation issues than their professionally-recorded counterparts. That’s partly because they’re made from organic dyes […]