Mike McGuire Quotes on Business & Commerce (5 Quotes)

This whole class of products and services are really crucial to helping the industry make this transition into the digital media age. These could become tools that help more consumers realize that (digital) can be a better way of getting and discovering music.

It is going to take a while for mobile music videos to become big business, so it is safer and more cost-effective to find a partner, ... MTV has established an infrastructure for mobile delivery, and it's a brand every teenager knows.

As I recall, three years ago these guys the music labels were wandering around with their hands out looking for someone to save them. It'd be rather silly to try to destabilize Steve Jobs, because iTunes is one of the few bright spots in the industry right now. He's got something that's working.

The real importance is making sure the businesses understand the situation. In two or three years, collecting taxes will be forced and mandated. If this isn't something that's coming up at the investors meeting, you need to ask them the question again. This isn't going to go away.

Clearly, what you're seeing is a realization that the consumer is at the center of all of this. A significant number of consumers feel they're a better programmer than anybody in the media industry.