http://www.minonline.com MinOnline en-us 2012 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:47:53 EST Back in the spring of 2009, I wrote a column on why paid digital content had a bright future. At the time, the general sentiment in media circles was that free or freemium, ad-supported models were the most sensible. I suggested that media brands that offered unique, differentiated experiences online coupled... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/18963.html Sun, 18 Sep 2011 7:59:46 EDT Earlier this year I had the chance to spend some time with Jeff Fisher, who had just recently left his job as head coach of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. We were speaking about a wide range of things but what struck me most was how he answered a question about the difference between winners and losers in the... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/16618.html Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:55:17 EST One of the stories that wasn't well covered in the recent Cablevision/ Fox feud is the effect it had on a sports fan’s ability to shout at the television while watching games. Non-sports fans may think this ritual is borderline idiotic, but real fans understand not only is it immensely satisfying to... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/15601.html Mon, 1 Nov 2010 7:33:52 EDT Anyone who has done their share of business travel has no doubt had the same surreal experience I had last month when I went from New York to Las Vegas to Seattle and back to New York in 48 hours. Lots of miles, lots of on and off with my shoes and some pretty radical "climate changes": From 88... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/15011.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 6:36:28 EDT Anyone who’s ever done a bit of self-reflection knows there is some truth to the adage that, left unchecked, your strengths become your weaknesses. A couple of unrelated news items recently - Facebook's "Open Graph" announcement and the addition of four new alternative baseball statistics in... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/14202.html Tue, 4 May 2010 7:20:21 EDT The other day I had the chance to speak to a group of students taking a Media Strategy course at Michigan State about the convergence of traditional and new media. Connected via Skype, it was the fastest two-hour conversation that I've ever had. The students were engaged, asked good questions and taught me... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/13794.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 6:59:27 EDT One of the great things about the new year isn’t so much that we get a fresh start, but rather that we know the exact moment the old year ends and the new one begins. One second it's 2009 and literally the next it's 2010. In business, most changes - even those that have been predicted – play out... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/13132.html Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:21:47 EST As a kid, I knew all about the concept of fair use and the media, not as copyright law but rather as the rule that decided how long any one of us four kids got to control what we watched on our TV. The key feature of our fair use doctrine was my father's recliner—as long as you were in that seat, you... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/12544.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:18:51 EDT I've always liked music and technology, so I was struck on several levels the other day when I heard the Police’s “Too Much Information” while listening to Pandora. First, I had to get over the fact that the song was nearly 30 years old—and that I actually bought the album on vinyl... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/11501.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 9:10:05 EDT The newspaper industry’s frantic search for a new business model in this era of free digital content has taken on a fevered pitch in recent weeks. From Seattle to Boston and many cities in-between closures, layoffs and bankruptcy have become common-place at big and small papers alike. The story is... http://www.minonline.com/minsiders/Daniel-Lagani/10715.html Mon, 20 Apr 2009 9:20:02 EDT