How iCloud will monetize pirated music

Steve Jobs took the stage today for the WWDC 2011. One of the main goodies that Jobs revealed is iTunes Match.

iTunes in the cloud will allow users to sync their music library with all their apple devices wirelessly, and continuously.

Source: http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/

The new model for Hollywood: DATA

Warner Bros. Makes Big Digital Push by Buying Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes | Daemon's Movies

Warner's acquisition of Flixster (and Rotten Tomatoes) is a good indication of how the film industry is finally jumping on the Social Media wagon.

Source: http://collider.com/warner-bros-flixster-rotten-tomatoes/88870/

Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger

Interesting interview wtih Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, who joins Kara Swisher onstage at D9 to talk about Apple, social networks, gaming and the cloud.

Goodbye Games-as-a-Product, Hello Games-as-a-Service

Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard (famous for Call of Duty and World of Warcraft games) announces a 30% increase in revenue from Digital Online Channels.

According to their Q1 Financial report (attached below), the "digital online channels" refer to revenues from subscriptions and licensing royalties, value-added services, downloadable content, digitally distributed products, and wireless devices.