Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Category: Interviews

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    An interview with Martin Mills

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    It’s the conventional wisdom amongst some Reg readers that “the evil record labels” are dying, and deservedly so. But such a simplified view of the world overlooks the contribution of the independent sector – which operates very differently to the Big Four. Independents have a different business model, and have embraced digital networks as an…

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    An interview with John Kennedy

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    In an interview from the music business annual Midem, we speak to John Kennedy, chairman and CEO of the IPFI, the international trade group representing record labels. Here he talks about the new ISP strategy, and the future of the big label. [Full interview at The Register here]… Read More

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    Psion: The story of the Last Computer

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    This long (40-page) history of Britain’s last computer company, Psion, was written over four days. It’s the longest piece The Register has ever run, we made it available as a PDF (for a small fee). Included are full transcripts of interviews with David Potter, Martin Riddiford, Mark Gretton, David Tupman and Nick Healey. (Charles Davies…

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    Tim Berners-Lee says some really stupid things, then goes mad

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    In which the Greatest Living Briton says some very silly things, and then loses his temper So there we were. In a room devoted to Engineering, the man voted the Greatest Living Briton had exploded in front of me. Sir Tim Berners Lee, co-inventor of the World Wide Web, was at Southampton University to deliver…

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  • An interview with Keith Harris

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Keith Harris was general manager of Motown, has managed Stevie Wonder for 30 years, is currently director of performer affairs at collecting society the PPL and chairman of the MusicTank network at the University of Westminster. Were you disappointed there wasn’t more public support for extending copyright on sound recordings? When the issue was raised,…

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    Are Google’s glory days behind it? – Colly Myers

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Colly’s prognosis was sound. In December 2008, Google announced its intention to make “social search” a significant factor in its search results – the end of the hegemony of the algorithm. “It’s a well known aspect of man and machine systems. Complex systems with no control fall over. Every example of it you can think…

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