Comments on: NBC's iTunes Pricing Flexible, Just Like Jeff Zucker's Memory http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/ by John Paczkowski Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fool! You Fell Victim to One of the Classic Blunders! Never Negotiate with Steve Jobs… | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-10138 Fool! You Fell Victim to One of the Classic Blunders! Never Negotiate with Steve Jobs… | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:33:14 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4739#comment-10138 [...] NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Zucker said back in 2007, “Apple has destroyed the music business and if we don’t take control, they’ll do the same [...] [...] NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Zucker said back in 2007, “Apple has destroyed the music business and if we don’t take control, they’ll do the same [...]

]]> By: QOTD | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 QOTD | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:11:01 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4739#comment-2478 [...] Apple VP Eddy Cue says that NBC Universal’s will is actually quite a bit more flexible than the flexible iTunes pricing scheme it claims to have won from Apple Print all_things_di220:http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080911/qotd-32/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...] [...] Apple VP Eddy Cue says that NBC Universal’s will is actually quite a bit more flexible than the flexible iTunes pricing scheme it claims to have won from Apple Print all_things_di220:http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.....1/qotd-32/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

]]> By: So did Apple cave, or did NBC bend? » mathewingram.com/work | http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 So did Apple cave, or did NBC bend? » mathewingram.com/work | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:15:19 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4739#comment-2446 [...] at All Things D believes that NBC did most of the bending, since it didn’t get what it reportedly wanted — i.e., the ability to price movies and TV shows based on popularity, as well as the ability [...] [...] at All Things D believes that NBC did most of the bending, since it didn’t get what it reportedly wanted — i.e., the ability to price movies and TV shows based on popularity, as well as the ability [...]

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Mark Sigal Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:01:57 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4739#comment-2444 Ironically, as recently as the latest edition of Portfolio Magazine, Zucker is on record as saying, “There’s no example anywhere in the world where the retailer gets to set the wholesale price as well, and frankly that’s what he’s (Steve Jobs) doing.” First off, he's wrong. Wal-Mart has that kind of clout in retail space, as Apple does in digital media. Second, he clearly backed away from that position for the reason's you espouse. Btw, some further analysis on today's 'Let's Rock' event can be found here: 65 Million Reasons to be bullish on Apple http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/09/65-million-reas.html Check it out. Mark Ironically, as recently as the latest edition of Portfolio Magazine, Zucker is on record as saying, “There’s no example anywhere in the world where the retailer gets to set the wholesale price as well, and frankly that’s what he’s (Steve Jobs) doing.”

First off, he’s wrong. Wal-Mart has that kind of clout in retail space, as Apple does in digital media.

Second, he clearly backed away from that position for the reason’s you espouse.

Btw, some further analysis on today’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event can be found here:

65 Million Reasons to be bullish on Apple
http://thenetworkgarden.com/we.....-reas.html

Check it out.

Mark

]]> By: Two Things Apple Didn’t Talk About Today « NewTeeVee http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080909/nbcs-itunes-pricing-flexible-just-like-jeff-zuckers-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Two Things Apple Didn’t Talk About Today « NewTeeVee Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:49:30 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4739#comment-2433 [...] as we, and others have pointed out, this is the same pricing everyone has. Well, everyone but [...] [...] as we, and others have pointed out, this is the same pricing everyone has. Well, everyone but [...]

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