Future Forward

Welcome To FutureForward. Today – the future of the Phone Company.Is ATT&T on the verge of being pushed out of relevancy by FAANG? Or Just a great big phone company that wants to get bigger. Well, it depends on who you believe. Then – More moves in the Over The Top world. And – for a trip into the future, we’ll travel to the Tribeca Film Festival – Virtual Arcade. I’m Steven Rosenbaum.And I’m Gene DeRose. Ready to launch Future Forward!

Welcome To FutureForward. Today - the future of the Phone Company.Is ATT&T on the verge of being pushed out of relevancy by FAANG? Or Just a great big phone company that wants to get bigger. Well, it depends on who you believe. Then - More moves in the Over The Top world. And - for a trip into the future, we’ll travel to the Tribeca Film Festival - Virtual Arcade. I’m Steven Rosenbaum.And I’m Gene DeRose. Ready to launch Future Forward!

TED Explores The Future Tech: - Jaron Lanier https://www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet https://www.wired.com/story/ted-2018-is-all-about-facebookand-not-in-a-good-way/ - Steve Pinker https://ideas.ted.com/the-world-is-an-amazing-place-so-why-arent-we-happier/ - James Bridle - YouTube and children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84EDsnpb4U https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/27/566769570/youtube-faces-increased-criticism-that-its-unsafe-for-kids Architecture: - Renzo Piano - Bridge Builder Ian Firth - Renzo Piano “Architecture is the art of telling stories”; “I’m Italian and I love beauty”; “Real beauty is when invisible join visible”; “Better cities make better citizens” Bridge Builder Ian Firth "I think we have a duty to make our built environment beautiful. Anything else is a kind of grand scale vandalism." @i_firth #TED2018 Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil at TED: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s http://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-worldwide-by-2030s-ray-kurzweil-2018-4?r=UK&IR=T Kurzweil at SXSW: The Power of Ideas to Transform the World Is Accelerating http://www.kurzweilai.net/on-stage-ray-kurzweil-interview-at-south-by-southwest-event SR Fear of Heights - Alex Honnold - Rock climber https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-adventure/adv-beyond-the-edge-honnold

TED Explores The Future Tech: - Jaron Lanier https://www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet https://www.wired.com/story/ted-2018-is-all-about-facebookand-not-in-a-good-way/ - Steve Pinker https://ideas.ted.com/the-world-is-an-amazing-place-so-why-arent-we-happier/ - James Bridle - YouTube and children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84EDsnpb4U https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/27/566769570/youtube-faces-increased-criticism-that-its-unsafe-for-kids Architecture: - Renzo Piano - Bridge Builder Ian Firth - Renzo Piano “Architecture is the art of telling stories”; “I’m Italian and I love beauty”; “Real beauty is when invisible join visible”; “Better cities make better citizens” Bridge Builder Ian Firth "I think we have a duty to make our built environment beautiful. Anything else is a kind of grand scale vandalism." @i_firth #TED2018 Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil at TED: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s http://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-worldwide-by-2030s-ray-kurzweil-2018-4?r=UK&IR=T Kurzweil at SXSW: The Power of Ideas to Transform the World Is Accelerating http://www.kurzweilai.net/on-stage-ray-kurzweil-interview-at-south-by-southwest-event SR Fear of Heights - Alex Honnold - Rock climber https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-adventure/adv-beyond-the-edge-honnold

Future Forward #2021 - Privacy. Virtual Reality. And Future of Food. Today - We’ve Got FutureForward, a show in three acts. Act 1 - Privacy. Do You Have It? Do you Want It? What does it cost? Then, ACT 2. Virtual Reality. 12 Can’t Miss Projects from the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab. And Act 3. Hungry? You better be, as we take a bite into the Future of Food. I’m Steve Rosenbaum and I’m Gene DeRose -and this is FutureForward! So off we go! Future Forward #2021 - Privacy. Virtual Reality. And Future of Food. A Show In Three Acts - Act #1 Ok, Fine - Let’s Talk About Privacy. On Facebook, Zuckerberg gets privacy and you get nothing https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-two-tier-privacy-one-rule-for-zuckerberg/ Apple CEO Tim Cook explains why ‘privacy is a human right’ https://www.recode.net/2018/4/6/17197754/watch-apple-ceo-tim-cook-msnbc Europe is trying to force Facebook to take customers’ privacy seriously https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17199754/facebook-europe-gdpr-mark-zuckerberg-data-privacy Act #2 VR - And the Future @ Columbia University *Note: I attended awards, so can talk about winners. http://digitaldozen.io/ https://medium.com/@StevenRosenbaum/2018-breakthroughs-in-storytelling-winners-9d1c847018a9 Winners: http://digitaldozen.io/projects/ardens-wake/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-believers-are-but-brothers/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/bloodless/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/carne-y-arena/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/cosmic-top-secret/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/did-you-mean-mailchimp/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/everything/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/it-must-have-been-dark-by-then/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/what-remains-of-edith-finch/ * http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-oracles/ SPECIAL JURY PRIZE http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-space-we-hold/ * http://digitaldozen.io/projects/zero-days-vr/ SPECIAL JURY PRIZE http://www.digitalstorytellinglab.com/ Act #3 The Future of Food At Plated, The Future Of Meal-Kit Services Is Grocery Stores https://www.fastcompany.com/40484473/at-plated-the-future-of-meal-kit-services-is-grocery-stores Where will meal kits find future growth? https://www.fooddive.com/news/grocery--where-will-meal-kits-find-future-growth/507506/ Could This Be What Ends Up Keeping Meal Kits in Business? http://www.foodandwine.com/news/meal-kits-in-grocery-stores Whole Foods calls meeting with rattled suppliers https://newfoodeconomy.org/a-whole-whole-foods-suppliers-jeff-bezos-iguana/

Future Forward #2021 - Privacy. Virtual Reality. And Future of Food. Today - We’ve Got FutureForward, a show in three acts. Act 1 - Privacy. Do You Have It? Do you Want It? What does it cost? Then, ACT 2. Virtual Reality. 12 Can’t Miss Projects from the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab. And Act 3. Hungry? You better be, as we take a bite into the Future of Food. I’m Steve Rosenbaum and I’m Gene DeRose -and this is FutureForward! So off we go! Future Forward #2021 - Privacy. Virtual Reality. And Future of Food. A Show In Three Acts - Act #1 Ok, Fine - Let’s Talk About Privacy. On Facebook, Zuckerberg gets privacy and you get nothing https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-two-tier-privacy-one-rule-for-zuckerberg/ Apple CEO Tim Cook explains why ‘privacy is a human right’ https://www.recode.net/2018/4/6/17197754/watch-apple-ceo-tim-cook-msnbc Europe is trying to force Facebook to take customers’ privacy seriously https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17199754/facebook-europe-gdpr-mark-zuckerberg-data-privacy Act #2 VR - And the Future @ Columbia University *Note: I attended awards, so can talk about winners. http://digitaldozen.io/ https://medium.com/@StevenRosenbaum/2018-breakthroughs-in-storytelling-winners-9d1c847018a9 Winners: http://digitaldozen.io/projects/ardens-wake/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-believers-are-but-brothers/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/bloodless/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/carne-y-arena/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/cosmic-top-secret/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/did-you-mean-mailchimp/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/everything/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/it-must-have-been-dark-by-then/ http://digitaldozen.io/projects/what-remains-of-edith-finch/ * http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-oracles/ SPECIAL JURY PRIZE http://digitaldozen.io/projects/the-space-we-hold/ * http://digitaldozen.io/projects/zero-days-vr/ SPECIAL JURY PRIZE http://www.digitalstorytellinglab.com/ Act #3 The Future of Food At Plated, The Future Of Meal-Kit Services Is Grocery Stores https://www.fastcompany.com/40484473/at-plated-the-future-of-meal-kit-services-is-grocery-stores Where will meal kits find future growth? https://www.fooddive.com/news/grocery--where-will-meal-kits-find-future-growth/507506/ Could This Be What Ends Up Keeping Meal Kits in Business? http://www.foodandwine.com/news/meal-kits-in-grocery-stores Whole Foods calls meeting with rattled suppliers https://newfoodeconomy.org/a-whole-whole-foods-suppliers-jeff-bezos-iguana/

Welcome To Future Forward, I’m Steve Rosenbaum, And I’m Gene DeRose. Today - a show in four parts. Part One: Addiction, Teens and Social Media. Part Two: Video Games - Are They Really Dangerous? Part Three: Apple. Are they losing the education market to Chrome books? And Part Four: Sex - How the web is changing intimacy for Teens. So - lots to cover, let’s dive in - starting as we do each week with Loving and Hating. Kids and Technology: Hard Questions About How We Raise A Techno Teen Chapter 1: Addiction & Social Media Your Kid’s Phone Is Not Like a Cigarette https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/opinion/sunday/kids-technology-addiction-screentime.html What parents should do instead of worrying that smartphones will ‘destroy’ their kids https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/03/27/take-heart-parents-screens-arent-necessarily-destroying-your-kids/?utm_term=.25030ddaa281 The real danger for kids today isn’t technology — it’s psychology https://aleteia.org/2018/03/21/the-real-danger-for-kids-today-isnt-technology-its-psychology/ Is Instagram safe for kids? https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/feature/social-networks/is-instagram-safe-for-kids-3673570/\ Chapter 2: Video Games: It's True: Violent Video Games Are Totally Sick https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/03/10/if-violent-video-games-caused-mass-shootings-we-would-all-be-killers/#66d82e904d2b Are video games bad for your kids? Not so much, experts now believe http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-video-games-parenting-20171110-story.html Should parents worry that their kids are playing Fortnite: Battle Royale? https://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/should-parents-worry-that-their-kids-are-playing-fortnite-battle-royale-36702133.html Chapter 3: Hardware & Apple Apple highlights existing parental control features on new Families page https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-creates-families-page-highlighting-existing-parental-control-features/ Kids Expect Apple To Meld Creativity And Education, Says Its Retail Chief https://www.fastcompany.com/40550815/kids-expect-apple-to-meld-creativity-and-education-says-its-retail-chief Apple reveals new $299 iPad at education-themed event https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/apple-education-event-in-chicago-tim-cooks-speech.html Chapter 4: Sex Why you need to talk to your kids about 'sextortion' https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/03/28/why-you-need-talk-your-kids-sextortion/467375002/ The Problem With Watching Porn and Playing Video Games — For Girls http://time.com/5215906/women-video-games-porn/

Welcome To Future Forward, I’m Steve Rosenbaum, And I’m Gene DeRose. Today - a show in four parts. Part One: Addiction, Teens and Social Media. Part Two: Video Games - Are They Really Dangerous? Part Three: Apple. Are they losing the education market to Chrome books? And Part Four: Sex - How the web is changing intimacy for Teens. So - lots to cover, let’s dive in - starting as we do each week with Loving and Hating. Kids and Technology: Hard Questions About How We Raise A Techno Teen Chapter 1: Addiction & Social Media Your Kid’s Phone Is Not Like a Cigarette https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/opinion/sunday/kids-technology-addiction-screentime.html What parents should do instead of worrying that smartphones will ‘destroy’ their kids https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/03/27/take-heart-parents-screens-arent-necessarily-destroying-your-kids/?utm_term=.25030ddaa281 The real danger for kids today isn’t technology — it’s psychology https://aleteia.org/2018/03/21/the-real-danger-for-kids-today-isnt-technology-its-psychology/ Is Instagram safe for kids? https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/feature/social-networks/is-instagram-safe-for-kids-3673570/\ Chapter 2: Video Games: It's True: Violent Video Games Are Totally Sick https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/03/10/if-violent-video-games-caused-mass-shootings-we-would-all-be-killers/#66d82e904d2b Are video games bad for your kids? Not so much, experts now believe http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-video-games-parenting-20171110-story.html Should parents worry that their kids are playing Fortnite: Battle Royale? https://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/should-parents-worry-that-their-kids-are-playing-fortnite-battle-royale-36702133.html Chapter 3: Hardware & Apple Apple highlights existing parental control features on new Families page https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-creates-families-page-highlighting-existing-parental-control-features/ Kids Expect Apple To Meld Creativity And Education, Says Its Retail Chief https://www.fastcompany.com/40550815/kids-expect-apple-to-meld-creativity-and-education-says-its-retail-chief Apple reveals new $299 iPad at education-themed event https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/apple-education-event-in-chicago-tim-cooks-speech.html Chapter 4: Sex Why you need to talk to your kids about 'sextortion' https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/03/28/why-you-need-talk-your-kids-sextortion/467375002/ The Problem With Watching Porn and Playing Video Games — For Girls http://time.com/5215906/women-video-games-porn/

Extra! Extra! The Future of News? - FT: Future of News Sumit Steve Bannon Interview at FT Future of News Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9TyxqbHTI WATCH Billionaire Ken Fisher Tells Us Five Things You Didn't Know About Cramer https://www.thestreet.com/video/14532985/watch-billionaire-ken-fisher-tells-us-five-things-you-didn-t-know-about-cramer.html Facebook says warning to Guardian group 'not our wisest move https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/23/facebook-says-warning-to-guardian-group-not-our-wisest-move - Facebook and the Future of News: Facebook to publishers: We are your friend. Really. http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/09/technology/business/facebook-publishers-sxsw/index.html Facebook: We’re not backing away from news, but they are done with cheap clicks https://medium.com/@LanceUlanoff/facebook-were-not-backing-away-from-news-but-they-are-done-with-cheap-clicks-ddc62c6ef94c - Fundraising: Media startup Cheddar launches its TV channel in Europe with Molotov https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/19/media-startup-cheddar-launches-its-tv-channel-in-europe-with-molotov/ Theskimm raises 12 million for its snarky newsletters https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/15/theskimm-raises-12-million-for-its-snarky-newsletters/ - New Solutions / Startups Scroll, the news startup from former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-subscription-startup-signs-up-the-atlantic-business-insider-fusion-media-group-slate-and-others/ Blockchain journalism startup Sludge hires 3 veteran reporters https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2018/03/16/blockchain-journalism-startup-sludge-hires-3-veteran-reporters/ DNAinfo Editors Launch Media Startup, Quickly Surpass Kickstarter Goal https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/chicago-startup/dnainfo-editors-launch-media-startup-quickly-surpass-kickstarter-goal/

Extra! Extra! The Future of News? - FT: Future of News Sumit Steve Bannon Interview at FT Future of News Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9TyxqbHTI WATCH Billionaire Ken Fisher Tells Us Five Things You Didn't Know About Cramer https://www.thestreet.com/video/14532985/watch-billionaire-ken-fisher-tells-us-five-things-you-didn-t-know-about-cramer.html Facebook says warning to Guardian group 'not our wisest move https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/23/facebook-says-warning-to-guardian-group-not-our-wisest-move - Facebook and the Future of News: Facebook to publishers: We are your friend. Really. http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/09/technology/business/facebook-publishers-sxsw/index.html Facebook: We’re not backing away from news, but they are done with cheap clicks https://medium.com/@LanceUlanoff/facebook-were-not-backing-away-from-news-but-they-are-done-with-cheap-clicks-ddc62c6ef94c - Fundraising: Media startup Cheddar launches its TV channel in Europe with Molotov https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/19/media-startup-cheddar-launches-its-tv-channel-in-europe-with-molotov/ Theskimm raises 12 million for its snarky newsletters https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/15/theskimm-raises-12-million-for-its-snarky-newsletters/ - New Solutions / Startups Scroll, the news startup from former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/scroll-the-5-month-news-subscription-startup-signs-up-the-atlantic-business-insider-fusion-media-group-slate-and-others/ Blockchain journalism startup Sludge hires 3 veteran reporters https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2018/03/16/blockchain-journalism-startup-sludge-hires-3-veteran-reporters/ DNAinfo Editors Launch Media Startup, Quickly Surpass Kickstarter Goal https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/chicago-startup/dnainfo-editors-launch-media-startup-quickly-surpass-kickstarter-goal/

SouthBySouthwest - Beyond BBQ and Beer - Future Forward: #0018 A BLOCK: SXSW - A Recap - Facebook and Publishers / conversation - Reddit - Eddy Cue / Apple and Curated News - 5 Things about SXSW - NY Times and Podcasting - what’s next? Apple’s Curated News Vision Snaps Into Focus https://www.thevideoink.com/2018/03/14/apples-curated-news-vision-snaps-focus-eddy-cue-attributes-growth-curation-guest/ 5 Things about SXSW 2018 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b-YdqWTi9Hl9Nyjxzo2KoePUzwOj58x7lo7yIV44xlM/edit?usp=sharing New Voices At The 'New York Times' https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/315876/new-voices-at-the-new-york-times.html B BLOCK: YouTube and Wikipedia - Good News? YouTube didn’t tell Wikipedia about its plans for Wikipedia https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/14/17120918/youtube-wikipedia-conspiracy-theory-partnerships-sxsw C BLOCK: Will Ready Player One be good for VR? THE VR METAVERSE OF READY PLAYER ONE IS JUST BEYOND OUR GRASP https://www.wired.com/story/ready-player-one-vr-metaverse/

SouthBySouthwest - Beyond BBQ and Beer - Future Forward: #0018 A BLOCK: SXSW - A Recap - Facebook and Publishers / conversation - Reddit - Eddy Cue / Apple and Curated News - 5 Things about SXSW - NY Times and Podcasting - what’s next? Apple’s Curated News Vision Snaps Into Focus https://www.thevideoink.com/2018/03/14/apples-curated-news-vision-snaps-focus-eddy-cue-attributes-growth-curation-guest/ 5 Things about SXSW 2018 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b-YdqWTi9Hl9Nyjxzo2KoePUzwOj58x7lo7yIV44xlM/edit?usp=sharing New Voices At The 'New York Times' https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/315876/new-voices-at-the-new-york-times.html B BLOCK: YouTube and Wikipedia - Good News? YouTube didn’t tell Wikipedia about its plans for Wikipedia https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/14/17120918/youtube-wikipedia-conspiracy-theory-partnerships-sxsw C BLOCK: Will Ready Player One be good for VR? THE VR METAVERSE OF READY PLAYER ONE IS JUST BEYOND OUR GRASP https://www.wired.com/story/ready-player-one-vr-metaverse/

Publishers: Whipsawed by promise and Peril, can they find their footing in this ever-changing world? Chapter #1 / Publishers lost their access to their audience, now they’re fighting to get it back: ‘A big resurgence’: Publishers get a boost from Twitter video https://digiday.com/media/big-resurgence-publishers-get-boost-twitter-video/ Google is replacing Facebook’s traffic to publishers https://www.recode.net/2018/2/15/17013618/google-facebook-traffic-publishers-amp-chartbeat Video Briefing: Snapchat cozies up to more publishers for video shows https://digiday.com/media/video-briefing-snapchat-cozies-publishers-video-shows/ Facebook's algorithm has wiped out a once flourishing digital publisher http://www.businessinsider.com/littlethings-online-publisher-shuts-down-and-blames-facebook-algorithm-2018-2 Facebook launches a local news accelerator for publishers https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/27/facebook-launches-a-local-news-accelerator-for-publishers/ Chapter #2 Events? Subscriptions. Can that be it? ‘No silver bullet’: Publishing’s ‘incremental’ revenue often doesn’t replace lost ad dollars https://digiday.com/media/publishers-promises-incremental-revenue-dont-add-replace-lost-ad-dollars/ ‘It’s going to end in tears’: Reality check is coming for subscription-thirsty publishers https://digiday.com/media/going-end-tears-reality-check-coming-subscription-thirsty-publishers/ Chapter #3 Pivot To Video? Not so much? https://digiday.com/media/google-turns-charm-publishers-pivoting-subscriptions/ Google turns on the charm with publishers by focusing on subscriptions Here’s An Abridged Timeline Of Digital Media’s Pivot To Video https://www.fastcompany.com/40534037/heres-an-abridged-timeline-of-digital-medias-pivot-to-video For Digital Publishers, The “Pivot To Video” Bloodbath Is Here https://www.fastcompany.com/40516189/for-digital-publishers-the-pivot-to-video-bloodbath-is-here Bonus Round: Or - Blockchain? AD LIB PODCAST: PO.ET CEO JARROD DICKER ON WHY BLOCKCHAIN COULD SAVE PUBLISHING http://adage.com/article/podcasts/ad-lib-podcast-po-ceo-jarrod-dicker/312545/ Startup Raises $20 Million to Build 'YouTube on the Blockchain' https://www.coindesk.com/lino-raises-20-million-youtube-fight/

Publishers: Whipsawed by promise and Peril, can they find their footing in this ever-changing world? Chapter #1 / Publishers lost their access to their audience, now they’re fighting to get it back: ‘A big resurgence’: Publishers get a boost from Twitter video https://digiday.com/media/big-resurgence-publishers-get-boost-twitter-video/ Google is replacing Facebook’s traffic to publishers https://www.recode.net/2018/2/15/17013618/google-facebook-traffic-publishers-amp-chartbeat Video Briefing: Snapchat cozies up to more publishers for video shows https://digiday.com/media/video-briefing-snapchat-cozies-publishers-video-shows/ Facebook's algorithm has wiped out a once flourishing digital publisher http://www.businessinsider.com/littlethings-online-publisher-shuts-down-and-blames-facebook-algorithm-2018-2 Facebook launches a local news accelerator for publishers https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/27/facebook-launches-a-local-news-accelerator-for-publishers/ Chapter #2 Events? Subscriptions. Can that be it? ‘No silver bullet’: Publishing’s ‘incremental’ revenue often doesn’t replace lost ad dollars https://digiday.com/media/publishers-promises-incremental-revenue-dont-add-replace-lost-ad-dollars/ ‘It’s going to end in tears’: Reality check is coming for subscription-thirsty publishers https://digiday.com/media/going-end-tears-reality-check-coming-subscription-thirsty-publishers/ Chapter #3 Pivot To Video? Not so much? https://digiday.com/media/google-turns-charm-publishers-pivoting-subscriptions/ Google turns on the charm with publishers by focusing on subscriptions Here’s An Abridged Timeline Of Digital Media’s Pivot To Video https://www.fastcompany.com/40534037/heres-an-abridged-timeline-of-digital-medias-pivot-to-video For Digital Publishers, The “Pivot To Video” Bloodbath Is Here https://www.fastcompany.com/40516189/for-digital-publishers-the-pivot-to-video-bloodbath-is-here Bonus Round: Or - Blockchain? AD LIB PODCAST: PO.ET CEO JARROD DICKER ON WHY BLOCKCHAIN COULD SAVE PUBLISHING http://adage.com/article/podcasts/ad-lib-podcast-po-ceo-jarrod-dicker/312545/ Startup Raises $20 Million to Build 'YouTube on the Blockchain' https://www.coindesk.com/lino-raises-20-million-youtube-fight/

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