The Digital Economy's Coming Subprime Crisis (And What You Can Learn From It)

Why media just might be the new Wall Street.

(Blog Post) Today's media players aren't investing in better ads. They're investing in more — and more toxic — ads. Uh oh: it's the economic equivalent of the subprime crisis. The parallels, to me, are too striking to ignore.

Here are eight time-worn steps to crisis that Wall Street took yesterday, and media's taking today.

Toxicity. Wall Street's subprime crisis was built on toxic financial instruments. The mediascape's subprime crisis is being ... Full Story »

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by Philippe Habib - Nov. 17, 2009

This opinion piece relies on a single article to support its major point so its a bit light as far as really being convincing. In spite of that, it forcefully makes an important argument and its worth reading, if only as a starting point to decide if you agree with the author.

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