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...Toshibas and Hitachis of this world are in about 20 or 30 different industry areas. There is no focus." Even in secondary business lines, Sharp tries to develop what it calls one-of-a-kind products. A recent example: the new Healsio oven that reduces fat and salt content by cooking with superheated steam. The oven is a smash in Japan, even though it is small and retails for nearly...
...mystery comes in all sizes. On any given day in between, an innocent child somewhere is struck by lightning or disease or drowns in the soft frozen river or starves in the drought-wracked desert. Do we only wonder why God lets people die en masse but are content not to ask so long as they die quietly, one at a time? Or wonder how we are called to help only when the need is so pressing it squeezes us out of our very chairs...
...Apple's iTunes, which features free podcasts from big media like ESPN, CNN and ABC, as well as from quirky amateurs. Called PodFinder, it's the world's first audio directory to help listeners browse, search, discover and subscribe to podcasts. PodShow claims that 4 million listeners access its content--about half the estimated podcasting audience. The company produces some of today's hottest content, including podcasts for Paris Hilton, Spike Lee and The Dawn and Drew Show! (raw talk from two married ex-punks living in a Wisconsin farmhouse) and shows for media companies like Sirius Satellite Radio...
...radio advertising over the next 5 to 10 years. "It's a very targeted medium," he says, and "a great place for an advertiser to hit specific audiences." Curry is betting that podcasting will deliver new ways of selling--allowing advertisers to go beyond product placement and permeate the content. "The show could actually be the advertisement," he says. "Dawn and Drew not just talking about Durex products you know, condoms and lube but actually demonstrating them on their show." So much for the idea of raw, independent content. Curry doesn't seem to have any qualms about blurring...
...format has attracted 8,200 registered listeners. Radio isn't dying; it's just going digital: expect to see radio stations roll podcasting into their regular broadcast mix, including streaming audio (real time--not downloadable). Infinity Broadcasting considers KYOU Radio an experiment with on-demand and user-generated content. "Radio has a chance to stay ahead of the curve," Page says...