Comments on: TV Ratings

By: That skinny motherfucker with the high voice

That skinny motherfucker with the high voice — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:06:53 +0000

[...] trust. When you focus on marketing as opposed to music, you’ve got your head up your ass." - Bob Lefsetz [...]

By: The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon!

The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon! — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:14:13 +0000

[...] #2: Back to Bob’s point, and Panos’s point, and everyone’s point about the niche. How does the niche impact [...]

By: The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon!

The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon! — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:40:57 +0000

[...] has a very good post on the the current state of the world. He mentions how even a top show like ER gets massively lower ratings than a top show like [...]

By: Great analysis « This is Not Your Voice

Great analysis « This is Not Your Voice — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:28:23 +0000

[...] His last entry talks about how TV ratings are an illustration of the modern market segmentation that the music industry has not recognized: We’ve got a clean slate. Don’t try to reach everybody, because everybody isn’t interested. Don’t care if the A&R man doesn’t hear a single, just worry if you’ve got an audience that wants to hear your music. Don’t focus on your SoundScan number, but your bottom line. How many t-shirts did you sell. How many deluxe packages. You’ve got to get people into the gig so you can sell them other shit. It’s no different from a supermarket putting cheap items by the cash register. That’s where you are, that’s where you check out! [...]

By: Glorious Noise

Glorious Noise — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:36:50 +0000

The Death of the Superstar…

Music industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz reads an article in the New York Times about declining television ratings and extrapolates the death of the superstar: Back when the music business was fat and happy, in 1998-9, “E.R.” had a 17.8 rating…….