Well reading this thread i've seen pretty much the reasons I think the content business is in "trouble".
1. People are still getting exclusive done in the USA - I know we are.
2. People are buying non exclusive from Europe / Russia beacause they can produce it much cheaper.
3. People have a bunch of content that they can re-use.
If you have 300,000 images and 500 hours of video for example, you can create a bunch of tgp pages free sites pay sites etc. and you don't have to run out and grab a new set each time one comes out.
4. DVD's - lots of WM's are grabbing dvd titles that are now available for web license, creating many clips and pics from 1 dvd.
5. Free Content / Hosted galleries. Many sponsors have exclusive content (reality or otherwise) and can give affiliates all the content they need to promote a site.
- Plus if you look around - Deluxepass, now ARS and others are giving wm's the content to build tours, and teaser sites to get sales.
6. Competition. - Lots more providers around these days and prices fall. Supply and demand.
So what did we learn?
There is still a market for content. That market has changed, those who don't keep with trends fall behind.
