Ill Policy Institute: Let’s Stop Gov. Quinn’s Massive Tax Hike

A message from John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute: With Governor Quinn’s $3.2 billion tax hike now in the dustbin, everyone claims it was always headed for defeat. But last spring, it was a different story—legislators, activists and the media all said the tax hike was a “done deal.” Not so fast. First, we issued our report, “ Who will really pay for Governor Quinn’s tax hike? on television, on the radio and in the papers . The other side came back with claims that ther

Web 2 Summit: Tim Armstrong On AOL Spin Off, Content, And A Mysterious New Tech

At the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco AOL’s chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong took the stage for a discussion with Federated Media’s John Battelle. Armstrong, who was previously in charge of the Google ad group in America, took the AOL job in March as the company prepares the split from its parent, Time Warner. The Armstrong talk can be summarized pretty easily: Content, content, content. Armstrong made it very clear that not only is AOL in the process of spinning off into its own publ

My Testimony at Hearing on “Video Competition in a Digital Age”

This morning, I testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet about “Video Competition in a Digital Age.” The focus of the hearing was to “examine competition in the video programming marketplace, including access by multichannel video programming providers and consumers to programming both via television and the Internet.” Testifying along with me were: Verizon Vice President Terrence Denson; Sunflower Broadband CEO Pa

Apple’s Big Challenge is not Spotify but China

Mobile Music At The Crossroads British Public To Lord Mandelson: FU!!Wayne Rosso, examines the recent YouGov Poll regarding the publics view of disconnecting file sharers. Spotify: Labels Win, Artists Lose?Cassandra Callais, digs down on the royalties Spotify should be paying, yet wonders if they received “special” deals as they are part owned by the labels… TMV Video Interview – Steve Purdham, CEO Co-Founder – We7.comJakomi Mathews catches up with Steve Purdham, CEO Co-Founder of UK base

Apple’s Big Challenge is not Spotify but China

TMV Video Interview – Steve Purham, CEO Co-Founder – We7.com Will Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Go Ahead?Jakomi Mathews examines the Ticketmaster Live Nation merger, and it seems serious issues could hinder it. TMV Video Interview – Robb McDaniels, CEO and Founder – INgroovesWith Robb McDaniels recent Op-Ed in Billboard earlier this week TMV thought it apt to post the video interview we undertook with him a couple of months back. Rob touches on the streaming business models and some of the

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