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Litigation versus innovation-treading the IP tightrope in the AI era

Tim Mulligan

17 Apr 2024

OpenAI

AI

New York times

The year so far has been largely shaped by AI and perception of just how much it is poised to transform consumer lives. The primary focus has been on the technology and how it may be applied. However, the emerging legal framework around which the AI ecosystem will operate is equally important.

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Lessons from the Disruption of News Publishing

Zach Fuller

1 Feb 2019

Digital Media

Media

new publishing

At the 2019 DLD conference in Munich, various media commentators were suggesting that the attention economy paradigm of news mean ominous clouds are gathering not just over new media entities such as BuzzFeed, Vice and Vox, but also those with subscription businesses.

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Is TPG’s Investment In Vice Overstating The Millennial Audience?

Zach Fuller

22 Jun 2017

mass media

Media

millennials

TPG's investment of $450m in Vice Media this week has valued the company at $5.7bn. CEO Shane Smith described the move as enabling the company he founded initially as a magazine in 90s Montreal to achieve the following: 'Build up the largest millennial video library around the world.

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Medium’s Job Cuts Are Symptomatic Of A Bigger Issue In Online Publishing Monetisation

Zach Fuller

6 Jan 2017

adsense

clickbait

Content

Twitter co-founder Evan William’s quality written content platform Medium announced yesterday it would be cutting around a third of its staff, chiefly those in its ad-sales team. In delivering the announcement, Williams pertinently wrote: ‘Upon further reflection, it is clear that the broken system is ad-driven media on the Internet.

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