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The only way it makes sense for Conan to move his show to the Internet is by starting his own business and making a real go of it. Some years ago I recall read
by raganwald 17y ago
The only way it makes sense for Conan to move his show to the Internet is by starting his own business and making a real go of it.
Some years ago I recall reading a list of top entertainment money makers. The top two women that year were Madonna and Oprah. The interesting thing was that while Madonna grossed more revenue overall, Oprah made more money because Oprah owns all of her own businesses and almost everyone is an employee. Madonna, by contrast, did business with people who took a portion of the proceeds.
This is not to say that Madonna was doing the wrong thing. It allowed her to focus on her 'core competence.' Perhaps business is Oprah's core competence, so each might have been doing the right thing for themselves.
I would say that Conan could make a lot more "running his own show" on TV or the Internet, but only if he has a talent for it.
- dasil003 17y agoSure, but there's not enough money in Internet programming right now for Conan's cut to be worth it. Hell there's not enough money probably to operate the show even if Conan takes $0. Madonna was popularized using a very well established formula that had been honed by record companies over the previous half-century. My point is, that at this stage in the game, Conan could innovate, but only if he can take a controlling interest. If he wants or needs someone else to be the strategic party then it's too soon. He'll need to wait 5 or 10 years for Internet programming to come into its own as an industry at which point he can be just one more chunk of content (sort of like he was for NBC).