Nicolle, here. Haven't updated for a while because I've been busy with my current project, 4Music.com. The website for Channel 4's musical endeavours, 4Music.com. I spent a year during my MA learning about the non-commerical side of music and digital culture and now I'm fully entrenched in a role that requires me to make a great product ... that makes money. So how do we do it?
It's not that there's not money to be made. The challenge is making content that we as journalists can be proud of. There are lots of sites that offer celebrity gossip and music news that don't delve into entertaining journalism.
The other challenge is making a site that leads technologically.
I guess you, the audience, will be the judge...
Kurt Cobain is rolling in his grave. Yes - he would probably have never wanted a cartoon version of his image singing a Bon Jovi karaoke classic or Gwen Stefani vocals. But, uh, should anyone really be that mad? Cobain's estate has aleady been ravaged by every Tom Dick and Courtney around. Walk along Yonge Street in Toronto and you'll find posters, t-shirts, buttons and keychains that all boast Cobain's image.
It was just a year ago you could buy a pair of Converse "honouring" Cobain - his writing was featured on the shoes. Was that okay? It was obviously approved. It's not that Cobain's image is being used, the point that Love is stuck on is that it can be unlocked to sing other songs. I wouldn't go feeling sorry for her, though. This is a contractual issue. It's got nothing to do with "selling out." That was done a long, long time ago.
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