arthur greenwald

I appreciate the thoughtful comments about who iPads won’t work for musical productions but nobody has mentioned the often-enormous cost of delivering paper changes. This usually requires courier services to a few dozen artists and production team members. 

As as for the musicians union, it’s just a matter of time until these technologies become part of control negotiations. It will happen but probably not soon or all at once. 

Why in the world did this routine article require an ALERT to pop up on my Mac screen? Can we please restrict alerts to major stories and breaking news?

I would love to see APPLEINSIDER follow up with a story that ranks carmakers and models by how well they deliver the best integration with Apple CarPlay.

This summary does a nice job summarizing the recent history of studio mergers and consolidation, but fails to explain the underlying business models. Moreover, this fails to address the elephant in the room, namely, why on earth does Apple want to be in the very risky business of media creation? It's not at all clear that Netflix or Amazon's business models are actually profitable --- as neither has revealed either their program costs or, crucially, the audience size for original production. Film and TV studios are "hit-driven" businesses. They require massive successes to offset the inevitable box office and ratings bombs. From a risk-reward standpoint, Apple is almost certainly better off focusing on delivering a frictionless combination of hardware and service that allows consumers to discover and consume their favorite media at an attractive price point.

Love the "no-prize" reference. Thanks for a great summary.