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The age of SUPERCONTENT
The problem is that within many conventional retail organisations, the term “content” is conflated with advertising. To wit, I’ve even seen entire brand YouTube channels that contain nothing more than a company’s TV ads. And while it is true that fashion brands like Chanel and Burberry, for example, long ago began to think more like media companies
... See moreThis is peak Lifestyle. Easier than ever to launch a brand. More goods than ever. Software-enabled, integrated supply chain driven business models. An explosion of online social media cultures. These elements have become omnipresent, splashed across our lives like the patterned splotches of a magic eye book. Stare long enough, and you begin to see ... See more
Toby • Life After Lifestyle
“Content is king” became a cliche because it was the hallmark of the media business. Without great content, not much else matters. But the platform and scale era scrambled that. Distribution became the gamechanger. Publications had BuzzFeed envy. By the same token, media’s indirect business models -- content in some publishing organizations can be ... See more
Brian Morrissey • Audience-first publishing
REDEF ORIGINAL: Age of Abundance: How the Content Explosion will Invert the Media Industry
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