Comments on: Rescue Plan 2010 for traditional media. “Must Dos” for local ads companies to not hit bottom before the sun goes down Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 1izen http://ideamamaadnetwork.com/blog/2009/07/28/traditional-media-local-ads-companies-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-63 1izen Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:54:55 +0000 http://ideamamaadnetwork.com/blog/?p=185#comment-63 Yes, a new business model would help -- and your PPD model could make a huge difference... But the problem as I see it is that all mainstream media seems to focus on trivial and inconsequential issues -- so no one pays any attention to them. I get most of my news and info from the Web because there I can get a fresh and unfiltered perspective. Yes, I know it can be filled with errors too, but so can mainstream media. Why do the big media companies produce such crap? Because they rely on advertisers who sell crap to to people. If a mainstream media outlet even tries to present "unusual" ideas (such as this blog) they will lose ad money. We need a model of funding everything -- including government -- that does not simply pander to the lowest-thinking idiots. Just like our government -- it is controlled by lobbyists, because they pump money into influencing votes. Thus they guy with the most money wins (not the best idea wins). Ad money is like lobby money -- it pushes a certain point of view that is not necessarily what is best for people. Web new and views (like this blog) are not money focused, thus the can be fresh, new, intelligent, and provocative -- without caring who they piss off. Organizations of the future MUST be based on "doing good for people" not on profit. The profit-only model produces monsters that eat people, destroy resources, pollute the environment, and do more harm than good. How to run a business without greed and killer competition? Co-op-etition maybe? Cooperating rather than competing? Sharing rather than stealing? Yes, I know that a lot of innovation comes from competition -- but it also comes from collaboration. What if people and companies were somehow paid according to how much they help people? Yes, I know that we vote with our dollars in many cases. But I also know that big drug companies -- and media companies -- have an agenda that has nothing to do with whats best for people. Perhaps, if we could limit the size of companies, so they never become "too big to fail." Maybe then true cooperation and friendly competition can rule? Oh well, I have no solutions, just dreaming of a new way of being. Yes, a new business model would help — and your PPD model could make a huge difference…

But the problem as I see it is that all mainstream media seems to focus on trivial and inconsequential issues — so no one pays any attention to them. I get most of my news and info from the Web because there I can get a fresh and unfiltered perspective. Yes, I know it can be filled with errors too, but so can mainstream media.

Why do the big media companies produce such crap? Because they rely on advertisers who sell crap to to people. If a mainstream media outlet even tries to present “unusual” ideas (such as this blog) they will lose ad money.

We need a model of funding everything — including government — that does not simply pander to the lowest-thinking idiots.

Just like our government — it is controlled by lobbyists, because they pump money into influencing votes. Thus they guy with the most money wins (not the best idea wins).

Ad money is like lobby money — it pushes a certain point of view that is not necessarily what is best for people. Web new and views (like this blog) are not money focused, thus the can be fresh, new, intelligent, and provocative — without caring who they piss off.

Organizations of the future MUST be based on “doing good for people” not on profit. The profit-only model produces monsters that eat people, destroy resources, pollute the environment, and do more harm than good.

How to run a business without greed and killer competition? Co-op-etition maybe? Cooperating rather than competing? Sharing rather than stealing?

Yes, I know that a lot of innovation comes from competition — but it also comes from collaboration.

What if people and companies were somehow paid according to how much they help people? Yes, I know that we vote with our dollars in many cases. But I also know that big drug companies — and media companies — have an agenda that has nothing to do with whats best for people.

Perhaps, if we could limit the size of companies, so they never become “too big to fail.” Maybe then true cooperation and friendly competition can rule?

Oh well, I have no solutions, just dreaming of a new way of being.

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