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It’s Official – Rebel Reznor Goes Hollywood Mainstream with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

NOTE:  This article 1st appeared in my column on Technorati, Convergence In Entertainment. Author: Jerry Flattum Published: December 20, 2011 at 6:01 pm   Industrial legend Trent Reznor already reinvented–capitalized–on his dark side when he won the 2010 Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards for Social Network. Although the [...]

Majors vs. Indies, Google vs. iTunes: Make No Mistake, the Music Industry is at War

This article 1st appeared in my column, Convergence In Entertainment, on Technorati. Author: Jerry Flattum Published: December 07, 2011 at 9:58 am Make no mistake about it: the music industry is in a state of war. The recent split of EMI assets between Universal and Sony reduces the number of major labels down to three, with Warner hanging in the [...]

Is It A Book, Is It A Movie…No, It’s Movie-Book!

This article 1st appeared in my column on Technorati, Convergence In Entertainment Author: Jerry Flattum Published: December 03, 2011 at 4:28 pm Although you’ll find a few links to check out iPad‘s latest contender, the Kindle Fire, what is more intriguing than the latest enhancements for eReaders is the recent announcement of Booktrack‘s synchronized music integration into The Power of Six by [...]

MIDEM 2012 Startup Competition Seeks Ways to Monetize Music Fans

  This article was 1st published in my column, Convergence In Entertainment, on Technorati. Author: Jerry Flattum Published: September 23, 2011 at 10:25 am MIDEM, one of the largest events and major resources in the music industry, is having a startups & app developers competition during its upcoming MIDEM 2012, January 28-31, Cannes, France. The competition is looking for [...]

Video Games: Promoting Violence Against Real People

This article was first published on: http://technorati.com/entertainment/article/video-games-promoting-violence-against-real/ Author: Jerry Flattum Published: September 10, 2011 at 6:09 am   Nothing like slaughtering an opponent through a video game…not an imaginary opponent, a real one. Tea Party Zombies takes the political kill game to a frightening new level–Does it cross the line? No doubt the game will spawn a slew of [...]

Crowdsourcing (Funding) Goes Big Time

  The following article is reprinted from “Convergence In Entertainment, a Features column on Technorati. Crowdsourcing (Funding) Goes Big Time Author: Jerry Flattum Published: August 16, 2011 at 6:01 am In a recent Rolling Stone article, Universal Music Group signed a label-wide deal with Talenthouse, one of many new sources for crowdsourcing and funding for artists of all types. In [...]

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