Tag: media platforms

• Spotify’s Daniel Ek Has a Plan to Harness Hollywood for Podcasts and Create “the World’s No. 1 Audio Platform”

  December 1, 2019

  Having helped transform the music industry, Ek and content chief Dawn Ostroff set their sights (and your ears) on spending hundreds of millions on exclusive podcasts and recruiting Jordan Peele,… more ›

• In the 2010s, BuzzFeed Made the World a Meme

  December 1, 2019

  As the decade began, there were rea­sons to be optimistic: America had elected its first black president, and despite a global recession just two years earlier, the world hadn’t cascaded… more ›

• After 33 years in modeling, Naomi Campbell finally got to work with a black photographer

  November 30, 2019

  In mid-November, supermodel Naomi Campbell tweeted two photos from her recent cover and spread in The Guardian, shot by London-based photographer Campbell Addy. It was the first time the model,… more ›

• Platforms and Publishers: The End of an Era

  November 26, 2019

  This report is part of an ongoing, multi-year study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School into the relationship between large-scale technology companies and journalism. This… more ›

• China’s messaging against the Hong Kong protests has found a new outlet: PornHub

  November 14, 2019

  As Twitter, Facebook and YouTube shut down accounts spreading China’s narrative about the Hong Kong protests, resourceful patriots are putting their videos on another extremely popular platform: the world’s biggest… more ›

• We Now Live in a Driverless World

  November 11, 2019

  On November 2nd 2019, I sent an email to the Voyage team on why we now live in a post-driverless world. https://news.voyage.auto/we-now-live-in-a-driverless-world-cb07a01159c0 more ›

• The future of photos with Google Pixel camera’s product manager and Instagram’s director of product

  November 10, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• Variable Media Questionnaire : documentation

  November 3, 2019

  Works of creative expression don’t lend themselves to a one-size-fits-all preservation solution. Yet the number and complexity of preservation options can confuse even the most informed conservator or archivist. http://variablemediaquestionnaire.net/ more ›

• The Record Label of The Future is No Label At All

  November 3, 2019

  Spotify’s announcement of Anchor and Gimlet seemed inevitable given the companies quest to dominate all things audio. In his blog post on the acquisition, Audio-First, Daniel Ek stated: https://medium.com/@denishakuhlor/the-record-label-of-the-future-is-no-label-at-all-75a0b52a4995 more ›

• Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day

  October 23, 2019

  Machines and the internet are woven into the fabric of our society. A growing number of users, devices and applications work together to produce what we now call “big data”.… more ›