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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Comments on Universal Music Group Head Doug Morris’s Digital Meltdown

The post I did yesterday on Universal Music Group head Doug Morris and his grumpy interview with Wired about digital issues got some interesting comments, all of which concluded that the veteran music exec had lost his marbles.
In the interview, Morris took aim at Apple’s popular music player and service, blamed college students for the [...]

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Hollywood Doesn’t Get It, Part 3,553

Doug Morris is still a very, very grumpy man about the digital arena.

We did not think it could get worse than NBC honcho Jeff Zucker (pictured here), who demanded a vig for every iPod sold because “Apple sold millions of dollars worth of hardware off the back of our content and made a lot of [...]

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Friday, July 6, 2007

Facing Down the Red Ring of Death

When Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski got word of Microsoft’s enormous repair bill for the faulty Xbox 360, he also discovered that the defect–the so-called red ring of death–may affect as many as a third or more of the video-game consoles, a fact the tech giant says will cause frustration for “some” of its customers.

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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