The recorded music industry was the first media business to be disrupted by the digital revolution. And it was hit hard. In 1999 the industry’s global revenue was $38 billion, but by 2012 that number had fallen to $16.5 billion. Yet, recent news for the industry is good. In 2012, revenues for the music business […]
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Nonprofit Chief Digital Officers Finding New Ways to Engage with a Digitally Empowered Public (VIDEO)
Elizabeth Scott, Chief Media and Digital Officer at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, says that arts organizations must no longer relate to its patrons as passive “passengers,” but rather as engaged participants. Entertainment audiences today have far more agency than in the past: They are empowered, active, spontaneous, and influenced by online peers. […]
“Harvard Quality with BuzzFeed Agility” – Chief Digital Officers Explore Digital Disruption in Education (VIDEO)
“No other piece of technology has swept through academia and caused as much hype, consternation, and panic in such a short period.” The technology in question relates to MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses. And that pronouncement was made by Sree Sreenivasan, former Chief Digital Officer at Columbia University (and now Chief Digital Officer at […]