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Cuts to the arts and public media - but yet more military spending. We already spend far more than anyone else. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/trump-program-eliminations-white-house-budget-offi...
I strongly support this call for a new kind of American endowment-based media organization. http://www.cjr.org/tow_center/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fix-journalism.php
Here's a completely neutral survey about the media from our nation's President. https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/?utm_medium=email&utm_cam...
Left unspecified: the social media content that would prevent someone from acquiring a visa. http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Banks--1st-bill-would-inspect-social-media-postings...
Which tech events / meetups should I absolutely, definitely be going to? Particularly for open tech, media, strengthening democracy.
So key: political parties and media institutions that just layer on digital to a pre-Internet strategy will fail. https://stratechery.com/2017/inspired-media/
"How long will it take for the news media to wake up and realize that they're being played?" https://medium.com/@zephoria/the-information-war-has-begun-e86a27b8b675?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9...
Interesting - and challenging - thoughts on business models for media and journalism. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/the-internet-sets-writers-free-to-get-new-audiences-and-also-to-div...
Obama's last interview as President is with a podcast: https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.fca8g7n8u
This report from the New York Times is required reading for everyone in digital media and journalism. http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/
Film idea: PsyOps. Korean rapper Psy must manipulate national media in order to sway public opinion for a political aim. Funny but also not.
Reminder: some of the smartest minds in digital media are looking for new roles. Medium's team is world-class, and now they can join yours.
Lots to think about here. I'm not sure if I agree with it all. Is there a balance between distrust and gatekeepers? https://points.datasociety.net/did-media-literacy-backfire-7418c084d88d?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9...
Now that 50 of the smartest people in digital media are in the wild, I wonder if any of them are founding their own startups.
Amazon's sky warehouses immediately made me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk
People with depression are more likely to use more social media platforms. Suspect depression comes first, though. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161220175543.htm
Matter's Corey Ford on the future of media - and what needs to be done to preserve democracy. I hope he's right. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/12/the-year-of-the-rebelprenuer/
This thoughtful conversation about fascism and media is worth a read. https://medium.com/initialized-capital/fascism-and-the-historical-irony-of-facebooks-fake-news-probl...
We all thought Trump was setting up a media network. What if he actually did? Sure were lots of outlets reporting the fake Ford plant story.
I just got a specially recorded message from the President when I opened Spotify. We are the media now.
I find this kind of thing fascinating: how the Obama administration is preparing to hand over its digital accounts. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/10/31/digital-transition-how-presidential-transition-works-soci...
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