Have you read about Indieflix.com? IndieFlix allows a fledgling film maker to gain a form of distribution. A story in today's International Herald Tribune with a byline by John Anderson reports: "Directors submit their films, which are then posted on the indieflix Web site. When users log on and click to buy the films that capture their interest, the Site burns them onto a DVD and ships them out. The price is $9.95."

The Internet continues to spawn vertical niches of horizontal success stories. Clearly Indieflix is a variation of NetFlix just as Stubhub is a variation of eBAY. And of course the list goes on and on and continues to develop and evolve.

European Wall Street Journal

A few months ago I predicted that all major newspapers would one day adopt the tabloid style of printing. Lo and behold a few weeks after the prediction the European Wall Street Journal announced a forthcoming tabloid design. I saw it today for the first time. It is snazzy and beautifully designed. Recently Dow Jones, the parent of The Wall Street Journal, announced that its USA edition would shrink by some three inches in width. While this change is in the works I am sure the folks at Dow Jones already have a plan for when the USA edition goes tabloid too. After all, if The Times of London can be tabloid, all newspapers will go this route within 5 years or less.

The New JupiterImages Web Site

We recently soft launched a new version of Jupiterimages.com. The site is a work in progress. It is vastly improved from the original version, but it still has a ways to go before we will be satisfied with the end product (look to March 2006). In the meantime we think we have a very competitive site for now which will only improve. And today Jupiterimages.com had a mini review.