Arguably there should not be 100 between posts, but sometimes life and job get in the way… Well it is a nice even number of days to start again on though…  Just read a brilliant post – Content is a Service Business (Andrew Savikas on toc) – where I believe Andrew explains the challenges of content in a digital freemium world perfectly. Some great thoughts around the music/publishing/aggregation industries in there as well as links to some inspiring people. And, while on the subject of free, if you haven’t picked up a copy of FREE from Chris Anderson, do. Some interesting reading/listening about the history and future of the free business model.

This is not new to digital content. Why would the price of admission to see a given year’s Razzie Award winner be equivalent to the price of admission to see the year’s Best Picture? Because the price of admission is not for the content. It’s for the privilege of seeing it early, and doing so on a big screen in a social environment — movie patrons pay for the service provided by the theater, not for the movies themselves (here’s a counterpoint on movie pricing). That’s the point that Reznor and Kelly are making: think long and hard about what your customers want, and provide the service of giving that to them.