PinnedMichael WhalenMusic streaming isn’t “The Record Business.”Over the last 100 years in Hollywood, often 1+1 = 7. Creative people (and the executives who oversee them) have a long history of “creative…Apr 30Apr 30
PinnedMichael WhalenMachines Don’t Sweat:Artificial Intelligence in music is here to stay… Get used to it.Feb 13, 20231Feb 13, 20231
Michael WhalenThe Near-Future of Prestige Television will be on Apple TV+.The current strike of Hollywood screenwriters is proof of the faulty economics of video streaming. Sadly, I predict that the strike will be…May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Michael WhalenThe Importance of Marketing Containers (aka “Fish in a Barrel”)The age of social media is nearly 20 years old. And as producers and consumers of endless oceans of content have become evermore…Mar 20, 2022Mar 20, 2022
Michael WhalenThe Music Industry Sells Out…Some of the biggest artists in the history of recorded music sold their catalogs in the last 9 months. Why?Dec 20, 2021Dec 20, 2021
Michael WhalenThe coming implosion of the record business…After reading the title to this piece, I can hear the whispering voices of some of my recording industry colleagues dismissing out of hand…Sep 24, 20211Sep 24, 20211
Michael WhalenIn the Absence of Value, Price matters... (5 insights about video streaming in 2021)In any business course you will ever take you will have a discussion about the definition of the word: “value”. It has been said that: “in…Jul 30, 2021Jul 30, 2021
Michael WhalenThe music industry in 2021. A few insights…Without out a huge preamble or some clever introduction about the sucky year that was 2020 and the hopefully less sucky year that 2021…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Michael WhalenThe new Ab-Normal: the entertainment industry after COVID.When I speak to my friends and colleagues who work in music, film, TV, dance, theatre, photography or creating live concerts and events…Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Michael WhalenThe Surprising Near-Future of Television in America...Making predictions is dangerous and arrogant. Making predictions almost ensures that the future you see will never actually happen, right…Jul 16, 2020Jul 16, 2020