At 05:07 PM 26/02/03, Sean wrote:
quoted 5 lines It's suspicious if anything. What possible gain could a "major
> >It's suspicious if anything. What possible gain could a "major
> corporation" have from promoting an anticorporate stance?
>
>they're playing some "underground," not-so-popular music, not fighting any
>sort of war against corporations.
They have a "manifesto" that includes the phrase "corporate agenda OFF".
While calling it a "war" may not be accurate, it is quite a blatant attempt
to portray themselves as some sort of rebellious indie underdog.
quoted 1 line and they're hardly a "major corporation."
> and they're hardly a "major corporation."
According to their management structure, they have a President/CEO, five
Executive Vice-Presidents, three senior VPs, and five VPs. Not exactly AOL
Time Warner or Vivendi or Clear Channel, but still fairly substantial
quoted 6 lines Nobody needs corporate broadcasting anymore.
> >Nobody needs corporate broadcasting anymore.
>
>what the hell is the difference? corporate != bad. i work for an
>independent, INCORPORATED bookstore. we are not evil people. it's simply a
>way to run a business. there are incorporated "underground" record labels,
>many of which are supported by members of this list (gasp!).
This is a question of semantics. The word "corporate" has become shorthand
for "large corporations that do (insert bad thing here)", whether that bad
thing happens to be doing nasty things to the environment, taking unfair
advantage of cheap labour overseas, or co-opting "underground" culture in
an attempt to sell their generic wares to the "cool kids".
There are levels of "evilness" here, obviously. In the grand scheme of
things Sirius and their so-called "guerilla marketing" tactics are pretty
insignificant.
But it's still fun to bitch about. :)
Greg
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