Chris Anderson posts a rebuttal, of sorts, to this July-August HBR article entitled Should You Invest In The Long Tail? Both the book, and the seemingly flawed HBR analysis (using percentages, not raw data), are on my summer quarter class reading list. More at the class blog.
I’m not exactly sure where to start with this … but it seems to be a great example of media convergence, long tail economics, the power of internet media …. and the problems facing institutions like record companies. Since I can’t figure out how to start, I think I’ll just write chronologically. Warning: adult content […]