There’s a provocative new opinion piece by Marc Andreessen on the future of the news media.
He envisions a “golden future” for journalism, one in stark contrast to how industry insiders view the trajectory of their once-rich personal gravy train.…
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Dismantling the romantic fantasy of journalism and welcoming a frank future of sponsored research
Archeologists believe they’ve found the first example of journalism on cuneiform clay tablets produced in ancient Mesopotamia that they say date back nearly 5,000 years…
Actually, no they didn’t.
There is nothing approximating journalism found in Ancient Mesopotamia, or Ancient …
Stop the mass media crooks from torpedoing the Internet
By Ken McCarthy in Consumer protection, Human rights and justice, Internet history, Media Industry 9
Disney, NBC, CBS and other corporate slime balls would like to make common, everyday Internet activity – activity they actively enabled and promoted – a felony.
This analyst is loud and brash, but hang on. He’s got the goods on …
Companies face massive online labor shortage
I’ve been calling this since 1994 and it just gets bigger and bigger.
There’s a massive shortage of people who understand pay per click advertising, search engine optimization, tracking and testing, conversion and just plain crunching the numbers.
You can’t …
Steve Jobs and the entrepreneurial revolution
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Film making, Internet history, Media Industry, News, Videos to Watch 14
It occurs to me that some “young people” and even some of our older guys and gals might not know or might not remember what a huge impact Steve Jobs had on everyday life, especially for small business people.
As …
Social media reality check (again)
Social media is hot.
It’s also one of the hottest refuges for scammers and BS artists.
I recently made the mistake of doing some pro bono work for a good cause run by amateurs. (Long story and a mistake I …