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Squawk Box September 22 Conference call organized by Alec Saunders

Agenda
Sandisk has announced a new initiative called Slot Music - music prepurchased on an SD card. Available in stores, you simply plug these memory cards into your phone or PC, and play the music. A good idea? Or are they simply jumping onto the deck of the Titanic called the music distribution industry.

And a new study by Universal McCann says that consumers now trust social networks and strangers more than brands. It's an interesting read. We'll pick through that at 11 AM.
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Dan York said:
I enjoyed the conversation on the role of social media... it's the kind of stuff I've been including in my weekly reports into the http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/ podcast for over 3 years now
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Tom Orr said:
Thanks again Alec
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Nick Desbarats said:
Nick #1 was my attempt to call in w Skype (could not be heard or raise hand). Nick #2 was my POTS call.
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Dan York said:
No, I was still here
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Nick Desbarats said:
i'll have a look...
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Did you ever leave Dan?
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Jim Courtney said:
Nick, I am still finalizing the post but should appear by the end of the day.
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Nick Desbarats said:
thx
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Dan York said:
Nick - if you were talking about Jim's post, it would be http://www.skypejournal.com/
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Nick Desbarats said:
ty
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Phil Wolff said:
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Nick Desbarats said:
URL of blog where that post will appear?
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Phil Wolff said:
coping with scale!
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Phil Wolff said:
look at J.A.Watson on Skype. coopting ZDnet to write nearly 50 news stories critical of Skype.
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Jim Courtney said:
fonolo was the only service/product to get a "10" from any of the judges.
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Phil Wolff said:
isn't there a heuristic in pr about "don't dignify (give credibility to or draw attention to) attacks from weaker opponents"? is this different in social media?
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James Body said:
Modern day equivalent of hunting/gathering.....
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Phil Wolff said:
The Naoimi Klein "No Logo" movement is at play.
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ROFL! Now that's funny
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James Body said:
Did I ever tell you that one of my hobbies is shopping for groceries?
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James Body said:
Also - individuals (the bright ones) are well aware of how much marketing costs - and many prefer NOT to accept the premimum cost involved in taking the branded product
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James Body said:
Klingons off the starbord bow
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Phil Wolff said:
ah, so this is the chat room where meets the cabal behind mainstream media.
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Michael Graves said:
while on the topic, The Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas is closing!
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Dan York said:
Beam me up, please!
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James Body said:
Yes - cos you get the different remixes and 'extended' versions on singles - that is why I (used to) buy them
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Phil Wolff said:
or the mini-itunes library: 1000 songs
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Michael Graves said:
Is there any concern about quality? They could sell higher bit rates, surround, etc.
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Phil Wolff said:
the ultimate album: 1000 songs.
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Phil Wolff said:
how many interactions have you had with coca cola in the last 30 days? facebook? i trust that coke will be coke. nothing new each time. but facebook experiences were varied. and more meaningful re my social graph and social capital
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James Body said:
So clearly one will trust ones social network over the big marketing surrounding a brand
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Agree with you James.
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James Body said:
I can believe this - the diference between a commercial brand and a social network is that the former is a mechanism for making money, the latter is all about individuals that are friends and that you trust
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Phil Wolff said:
social networks ARE brands
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James Body said:
Promotional thumbdrives are de facto standard give aways these days
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James Body said:
If I was faced with a choice between two flash card products, identical in all ways including price, but one with extra 'content' pre-loaded - I would undatably choose the one with 'extras'. I am a sucker for buying the Sunday newspapers with free DVD, even though I only ever watch a small proportion of those I collect...
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Michael Graves said:
but I use FLAC for in-house, MP3 for portable use
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Phil Wolff said:
as long as the pipes are too thin, edge storage/caching has the advantage.
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Dan York said:
How many different versions of the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song can one person really have?
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Michael Graves said:
I have a relatively small collection, and I have 400 GB of music
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Phil Wolff said:
they've been giving away thumbdrives with music at concerts for years
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Michael Graves said:
read...Flash along with the sounds files
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Jim Courtney said:
The 'Hockey Night in Canada" song writer had an issue with CBC this past spring with the result that another network has licensed it and there has been a contest for a replacement song on HNIC this fall. Over 50,000 entries.
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Phil Wolff said:
i'm still searching for the a capella version of hockey night
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Michael Graves said:
USB keys are often cheaper than glossy literature
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exactly
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Dan York said:
You have too many songs, Alec. :-)
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Michael Graves said:
Canada's Bare Naked Ladies released their christmas album on USB key in 2006
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Michael Graves said:
Yes! The cloud is not universally available
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Jim Courtney said:
Think of it as another distribution mode a la Compact Disk.