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04/02/2010

Adobe Flash Video: One Web. Any Screen.

Adobe released a new video today showcasing their upcoming Flash 10.1 and AIR 2 technology running on a multitude of devices. As part of the Open Screen Project you can see one of Atlantic’s new videos for artist B.o.B running in Flash during the piece. Check out the video on YouTube.

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12/18/2009

Rules of Productivity

An interesting article showing a correlation between prolonged overtime work and a sharp decline in productivity. It’s amazing to see studies done by Ford at the turn of the century, and those done in startups showing almost exactly same loss in productivity with sustained overwork. Good for short bursts of productivity, but a loosing strategy [...]

fanbase

11/03/2009

The 4G Connected Car Prototype

Today Alcatel-Lucent and QNX announced the 4G connected car prototype in New York. As part of the NG Connect program (an ecosystem built around 4G connectivity) Atlantic Records was proud to create a version of our award winning Fanbase platform for the music fan on the road. The car contains 4 internet connected screens allowing [...]

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10/13/2009

Interview in Adobe’s Edge Newsletter

I was interviewed a few months ago by Adobe for an article titled “From black box to contextual applications” which ran in this month in Adobe’s Edge newsletter and on the Adobe.com site. The goal of a contextual application is to provide a unified experience across multiple devices, while leveraging the unique capabilities and qualities [...]

fanbase

03/31/2009

Fanbase Mobile launches at CTIA with CNBC Interview

Today AgencyNet and Atlantic Records launched Fanbase Mobile, a version of Atlantic’s award winning Fanbase application for Flash Lite enabled handsets. As part of the launch Rob Thomas is showcasing the app during the Billboard Music Keynote at CTIA and he was interviewed about the app by CNBC. “It is really about you and your [...]

fastcompany

02/12/2009

WMG one of Fast Company’s top 50 most innovative companies

It’s a huge honor to be a part of a company that ends up on this list. I think there are times where the music industry gets a bad rap on the innovation side, but there are a lot of people here who work really hard to change that impression. I’m sure the haters will [...]

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11/25/2008

Atlantic Records hits milestone on digital music sales

Today in the International Herald Tribune (the global version of the New York Times) is an article about how Atlantic has hit the 50/50 mark for physical and digital sales, a landmark that analysts didn’t excpect the music industry to reach before 2011. “Atlantic, a unit of Warner Music Group, says it has reached a [...]

businessWeek

09/12/2008

Atlantic Records Businessweek video

There was an article published in Businessweek today about how record companies are adapting to meet the new challenges we are facing, and how MySpace music is part of that strategy. In the video at the top of the screen it shows the lab at Atlantic Records where most of our new media work is [...]

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08/28/2008

Herald Whig

My hometown newspaper, the Quincy Herald Whig, wrote an article about me around the idea of people making a career out of being creative and doing something they love. The people in the art and music communities back home were a huge influence on me, so I was very happy to be able to talk [...]

fanbase

08/02/2008

Fanbase Print Press

Our new AIR application, Fanbase Desktop has been getting some really solid press online for a while now, but I wanted to highlight a few offline mentions that have been popping up lately. I was interviewed for Billboard Magazine about the app. Adobe put out a promotional print piece about Rich Internet Applications and we [...]

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