Tag: media platforms

• Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

  October 22, 2019

  What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us. Where in the pantheon of American commercial titans does… more ›

• Is Amazon Unstoppable?

  October 22, 2019

  In 2017, a few months after Forbes named Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the world’s richest man, a rumor spread among the company’s executives: Bill Gates, the former wealthiest… more ›

• The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

  October 13, 2019

  The top-earning writer on the paid newsletter platform Substack earns more than $500,000 a year from reader subscriptions. The top content creator on Podia, a platform for video courses and… more ›

• Despite Mixed Track Record, Google Says It’s Trying to Make Products More Inclusive

  October 10, 2019

  A small team at Google is trying to make sure products are designed for a diverse set of users. https://fortune.com/2019/10/08/google-product-inclusion-team-ai-bias/ more ›

• The future of travel experience: A view from mega-investor Andreesen Horowitz

  October 8, 2019

  When you look at the travel industry overall, how do you see the opportunity for change? There are a number of monster markets that have been somewhat immune to disruption.… more ›

• Facebook Went to War Against White Supremacist Terror After Christchurch. Will It Work?

  October 6, 2019

  MENLO PARK, California — Facebook had spent nearly three years building out its counterterrorism team, sharpening policies against violent content, and training machines to spot extremist propaganda before it gets… more ›

• In Hong Kong, Unity Between Peaceful and Radical Protesters. For Now.

  September 27, 2019

  Five years ago, protesters were critical of even breaking windows. Now, some are throwing firebombs. The slogan is a call for the protesters to remain united, even as different factions… more ›

• SoftBank Bet Big on Disruptive Companies. Many Have Not Paid Off.

  September 27, 2019

  Anyone who has taken an Uber, sent a Slack message or enjoyed a free beer at a WeWork owes a little something to Masayoshi Son. Through his Japanese conglomerate SoftBank… more ›

• Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing

  September 25, 2019

  TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned social network, instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, or the banned religious group Falun Gong, according to leaked documents detailing… more ›

• Pop’s need for speed: ‘You have to drop new stuff constantly’

  September 19, 2019

  The music industry in 2019, says Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, could be compared to a Pez dispenser. He is not talking about big heads – rather, the seemingly endless, instantly… more ›