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“A Strategic Plan for the FCC: The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be,” Forbes, Dec 5, 2011. In a widely quoted analysis, Larry dusts off a 1999 strategic plan prepared by then FCC Chairman William Kennard and finds it still remarkably relevant to today’s problems at the agency. |
Monthly Archives: January 2012
CNET/FCC Reform
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“FCC: Ready for Reform Yet?” , CNET News.com, Dec 1, 2011. For CNET, Larry comments on the FCC’s disturbing decision to release an unfinished draft of its staff report on the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, just as Congress is considering extensive reform of the wayward agency. |
Forbes/Revolt
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“The Revolt Against Congress’s New Internet Piracy Proposals” , Forbes, Nov. 28, 2011. Larry’s review of the rising opposition in Silicon Valley to Congressional meddling with core Internet engineering to respond to concerns about media piracy was widely quoted and republished. It was featured on The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital. |
WSJ/Revolt
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“Horror Show: Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley” , The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 28, 2011. Larry’s coverage of SOPA and PIPA is quoted by the Wall Street Journal’s Gordon Crovitz in a seminal article on the growing divide between old and new media and efforts to use the law to mediate it. |
NewsHouse/Domain Seizures
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“How Effective is Justice Department Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods Dealers?” , PBS Newshour, Nov. 30, 2011. Host Gwen Ifill moderated a debate on domain name seizures, SOPA and PIPA between Larry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the PBS Newshour. |
My article on Best Buy's strategy strikes a chord…or a nerve
My Jan. 2, 2012 post on Forbes, “Why Best Buy is Going out of Business…Gradually,” apparently struck a chord with customers of the consumer electronics retailer–or maybe just a nerve.
The post has so far received over 250,000 views and nearly 200 comments, mostly from disgruntled Best Buy customers. I’ve also received many emails from former Best Buy employees confirming my intuition about the company’s strategic decision-making and attitudes toward customers.
It seems people are still passionate about strategy and the impact of disruptive technology. And there are still lots of debates about the impact of e-commerce, good and bad, almost 15 years since I first published “Unleashing the Killer App.”
Best Buy, as I write in the article, violates at least one of the most important design principles from Killer App. “Ensure Continuity for Customers, not Yourself.”
I’ve checked–the book is not available on Best Buy.com. But it is still for sale over at Amazon!
Update, 1/5/2011: The article has created an unintended sensation. It has now received over 1.5 million page views which, according to Forbes’s Managing Editor Bruce Upbin, is more people than have visited a Best Buy store since the article was published. Stay tuned for an update on the groundswell of response to the article.
