Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...given right to share information -- and the music industry, either a totalitarian regime trying to hoard natural resources..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...leaders have cast their eyes upon the local entertainment industry...."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

I Want My MP3s

The rise and demise of Austin's once dominant file-sharing service, Audiogalaxy

"...on Audiogalaxy, courtesy of Hilary Rosen and the Recording Industry Association of America. It was the end a brief,..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Gonna let it all hang out at Dragon*Con, where 20,000 sci-fi enthusiasts meet up, make merry, and sometimes cop a feel.

"...Wars and The Lord of the Rings, with their multimedia tie-ins, brought in kids and families. And meanwhile, the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The New Sobriety

SXSW Interactive Conference photos and panel reviews

"...Industry Trends Track..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Learning to Play Nice

SXSW Interactive panelists discuss the future of the tech industry. A lot.

"...Industry Trends and New Directions Track..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Learning to Play Nice

SXSW Interactive panelists discuss the future of the tech industry. A lot.

"...Industry Trends and New Directions Track..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postscripts

What's happening in Austin's literary life for the upcoming week

"...artist Vicki Grise will be presenting "Rasgos Asiaticos," a "multimedia recovery project" about the Chinese presence in Mexico. On..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Shivering the Timbers

The Dirigo Group's 'Gypsy Chain' Speaks for the Trees

"...Austin's award-winning dirigo group -- will stage a complex, multimedia production to express their view of the tragedy...."

Aug. 3, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Almost Famous, Austin Convention Center, Friday 16

"...discussed the pros and cons of writing for an industry in which the sales of country music alone in..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...fields such as software development and sales, dot-com ventures, multimedia, and Web design. But headlines cheering the local tech..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Never Content

Salon Editor David Talbot and Inside.com Editor Michael Hirschorn have been on the media frontline throughout their careers. And both are well-versed in the pitfalls of providing a product -- online content -- that, so far at least, has few willing buyers. But the two have taken different approaches to achieving profitability on the Web.

"...most ballyhooed start-up site, Inside.com, a source for entertainment industry professionals...."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...to focus on those who work in other than multimedia. Who work in print, especially...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"..."she has secured an excellent position in the tourist industry and a great view of our planes bombing a..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...drug that could has become a multimillion dollar illegal industry for its shadowy manufacturers, who typically hail from south..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...For as long as the recording industry has been an "industry," it has protested new technological..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...$10/hour (whose paltry pay is more evidence of the industry's selfishness). So, is it really all that bad? Well,..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...of VCRs resulted in huge profits for the movie industry. Today, the stiff-shouldered resistance of the movie industry to..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Public Notice

"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column.

"...and at-risk students hands-on experience and job training in multimedia, business, and construction. 216 E. Fourth, 78701. 472-3395. SIMS..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Everything That Rises Must Converge

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...factory for some time. How have people in the industry been reacting?..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...perversely, just how powerful Knowles has become in an industry in which the importance of behind-the-scenes information often eclipses..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...not just communications, but retail sales transactions and bandwidth-intensive multimedia as its data pipes thicken and become ubiquitous? Are..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...with Muscle Beach, USA, or perhaps the adult film industry), racked up somewhere in the neighborhood of $250,000 at..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Equinomics

"...financially ambitious, focusing on child care, urban planning, and telecommunications/multimedia...."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature

Playing on the Past

"...2600 was the titan of the home video game industry from the late Seventies to the mid-Eighties, and it..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Hernandez plans to set up a multimedia organization that will spread the Democratic message through the..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...pure improv. Only Ninety Percent Effective presented a large-cast, multimedia effort called RASSLE that lumbered back and forth between..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Tricks of the Trade

Keynote Address: Mark Cuban

"...Within a few years, the Net will finally embrace multimedia, television networks will bite the dust, and the World..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Why Wall Street Is Betting on Austin's Multimedia That Magic Touch

"...engineering, guitar, and verbal wit skills, and started a "multimedia" company. Dad was not happy. But producing business-to-business promotional..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...2. The Internet became a full-fledged industry. The sense of experimentation waned and the real business..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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