What happens when public media buys a private newspaper? It adopts a public media business model. Chicago Public Media made news in January by buying the Chicago Sun-Times ,...
01/23/2024
This is a lightly edited version of a submission on disinformation to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression...
01/18/2024
Ever since the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, we — and we do mean “we” as in “literally all of us” — have been deeply concerned about the quality of information that...
12/25/2023
Pledging allegiance to American democracy is becoming popular among the press. Recently, as part of its “Democracy Challenged” series, theNew York Times’s executive editor...
12/23/2023
As it drops “.com” from its name, financial automation software provider Bill is launching its first advertising campaign. Created by Odysseus Arms, which recently won the...
12/22/2023
Editor’s note: We have recently launched this page and are open to suggestions. Just drop the name of the book, link to buy it and info about why the book is relevant into our...
12/21/2023
As Elon Musk again nears a deal to buy Twitter, speculation is resurfacing around how the billionaire plans to transform the social network. Musk’s tweet this week offered a...
12/16/2023
During the years of social media ascendancy I would sometimes write about a cynical description industry insiders had for popular social media games like Candy Crush, FarmVille...
12/13/2023
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12/11/2023
A year ago, we completed our equity crowdfund. Black Ballad raised over £335,000, with over £200,000 coming from over 1,300 black female investors. This crowdfund was always...
12/11/2023
Editor’s note: We have recently launched this page and are open to suggestions. Just drop the name of the book, link to buy it and info about why the book is relevant into our...
12/11/2023
Gaming has been a major form of entertainment for decades. The Entertainment Software Association estimates that over 216 million Americans game on a weekly basis, and globally...
12/10/2023