July 13, 2017

Thousands of Companies Protest FCC Proposal to Repeal Net Neutrality

In a large scale, online display of solidarity, dozens of online and e-commerce companies including Amazon, Vimeo, Reddit, OK Cupid, Mozilla, the ACLU, Etsy, AdBlock, Medium, Dropbox, Redfin, Spotify and Yelp banded together yesterday – July 12 – for an “Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality.” Business Insider reports that yesterday sites that joined the effort displayed prominent alerts on their homepage – banner ads, sidebar ads, videos, images, blog posts, etc. – to…

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Modern-Day Medicis: When Content Consumers Become Superfans

Book publishers, film studios, and TV channels beware! Indie content creators are bypassing traditional intermediaries and forging ongoing relationships directly with subscribing supporters. Two Internet trends — crowdfunding and indie publishing — have combined to create a new way to pay for content. Yes, now everybody can cosplay the Florentine Medicis in the role of patrons of the arts.

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