HBO for me is $8-9 a month and I can watch their series and movies on my laptop, phone, mp3 player, tv, etc. Plus you get like 9 channels if you just like to flip around.
I will say it's cool that one of the most popular bands among savvy people and possibly the best comedian alive were able to do well, but I'll be interested to see what would happen if everyone tried to do that. I do agree that we need an updated model for purchasing music that fills the gap between CDs and downloading off of Amazon that isn't an iTunes gift card. I don't think anyone made that point explicitly so I am agreeing with myself. woot.
One big problem I observe is how the music industry has done a poor job with college kids. Savvy, modern and actively interested in music, you can't tell these people they need to spend $15.95 at FYE for a Linken Park album to satisfy their music needs.
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