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Meredith Corporation unloaded Sports Illustrated for a mere $110 million last May. Marketing and brand development company Authentic Brands Group was the buyer. Authentic Brands, which owns licensing rights to companies like Juicy Couture and celebrities like Muhammad Ali, has zero experience running a media company. Given their need for help, the new owner of […]

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Åsk Wäppling is a warrior in the midst of a legal battle to preserve 20 years of her digital work. Thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the lawyers who misuse it to intimidate everyday citizens, Adland.tv is now offline. DMCA criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures […]

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We keep hearing how the United States is a nation of laws. And how we’re better than this. Those are talking points. Facts point in another direction. Facts say we are a lawless society where terror reigns. Facts say we are not better than this. Here is one fact: no other nation on Earth has […]

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Local newspapers are like leopards. Nearly extinct in places. Critically endangered in others. It’s past time to ask, how many newspapers can our nation lose without widespread detachment from civic affairs for years to come? In the last decade and a half, nearly one in five newspapers has shuttered, according to research by the University […]

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Digital media is one of those inventions, like television, with the potential to change the world for the better. Instead, many digital spaces have become a cesspool, and a cesspool is an unhealthy place for marketers wanting to connect with future customers. Meet GARM Some of the world’s largest advertisers including Adidas, Diageo, Mars, Procter […]

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Taylor Swift’s new pro-Pride release, “You Need To Calm Down,” has been on YouTube for just 24 hours and already the music video has been viewed more than 20 million times. The vibrantly colored, surreal video features her reunion with Katy Perry along with cameo appearances from Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Reynolds, Dexter Mayfield, Laverne Cox, […]

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The Googs wants to do no harm. But monopolies, by definition, do harm. And when it comes to delivering news to your digital doorstep, the Mountain View-based technology company has no equal. Last year, Google made $4.7 billion from its news products. The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that $4.7 billion, […]

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Beto O’ Rourke is a media darling. Therefore, he stands a decent chance of advancing to the Democratic nomination. Running for President today is a made-for-TV, multi-year entertainment event. You have to be magnetic and natural in front of the camera. Beto is. We can discuss policy until the cows come home, but policy won’t […]

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Is your sky Carolina blue? Do you fight for The Irish? Are you a Deamon Deacon? Have you been introduced at parties as a college sports nut? If you can say yes to any of the above, here’s some good news. There’s a new college sports network with your name on it, and it’s coming […]

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Coaching and online education is big business. I can hardly open my browser today without seeing another ad from another self-made business guru ready to provide the mysterious answers that I need to solve my mundane business problems. Here’s what the machine served up today (via a sponsored post on Twitter): Master the Art of […]

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