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The second generation of digital media startups began to finally unbundle the newspaper and move away from ads:
Rex Woodbury • How Twitter and the Internet Broke the News
In the first act, called the “read era,” circa 1990 to 2005,
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
They compared his aura to the “reality distortion field” that an Apple employee once described as
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Zora is being built at a time when cultural tailwinds are aligned (the power-to-the-people, down-with-the-gatekeepers, grab-your-pitchforks attitude of an emergent generation), and at a time when technology (blockchain) can enable new forms of ownership and economic value transfer.
Rex Woodbury • Zora and the Rise of Cryptomedia
Instead of leveling the field between small and large, the open Internet has dramatically tilted it in favor of the most massive players.
Astra Taylor • The People's Platform
21 developers transforming Silicon Valley: these are the people shaking up the tech industry and redefining what it means to be a programmer
Aaron Holmesbusinessinsider.com