FishbowlLA: Internet Takes Some of the Show Out of CES Show-and-Tell

FishbowlLA LA Media News, Unspooled

Internet Takes Some of the Show Out of CES Show-and-Tell Jan 7th 2013, 09:15 The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), set to temporarily swell the Las Vegas downtown populace by 25% January 8 through 11, is no longer your grandfather’s CES. Heck, it’s not even your father’s CES. Take Microsoft. In 2001, they used CES to unveil Xbox; this week, they have no booth on the convention show floor and are not participating in any keynote addresses. Although a staggering 20,000 new products are still expected to be unveiled, including an 85-inch ultra-high-definition TV from Samsung, the reason for the new M.O. is pretty much universally acknowledged. Per a preview piece by LA Times writers Andrea Chang and Chris O’Brien: Groundbreaking products are rarely launched at the show anymore because of the 24-hour news cycle of the Internet, which makes it easy for companies to promote whatever they want, whenever they want. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

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