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Richard Rosenblatt

Richard Rosenblatt

We believe that web3 will dramatically impact the media and entertainment landscape. We are already seeing this take shape withinmusic,art, andstorytelling.  Large, centralized social networks and their advertising business models have taken a negative toll

Unnatural Selection: How We Became 'Mobile Gamers,' What We'll Become Next

Unnatural Selection: How We Became 'Mobile Gamers,' What We'll Become Next

During the years of social media ascendancy I would sometimes write about a cynical description industry insiders had for popular social media games like Candy Crush, FarmVille and the ilk. They called them “time management devices,” because their goal

The case of the stealth Google-bomb

The case of the stealth Google-bomb

Earlier this year, I was asked to work on a legal case involving a couple of finance sector companies where one was accused by the other of trademark infringement where the defendant’s website abruptly began ranking for the plaintiff’s service mark. The

The Open 3D Engine adds improved terrain creation and collaboration tools

The Open 3D Engine adds improved terrain creation and collaboration tools

For a long time, the world of 3D engines — especially for game developers — was all about Unity and Epic’s Unreal Engine. Then, when Amazon started its ill-fated attempt to get into gaming, it launched the Lumberyard engine (which itself was based on

Making it Personal

Making it Personal

Algorithmic Personalization, Identity, and Everyday Life Tanya Kant Goes beyond the headline effects of the "filter bubble" theory to examine not only how personalization intersects with users' worldview, but how it intervenes in, and shapes, users' own sense

How to Save Your Newspaper

How to Save Your Newspaper

You are getting a free preview of a TIME Magazine article from our archive. Many of our articles are reserved for subscribers only. Want access to more subscriber-only content, click here to subscribe. This story has been modified from its original

Can unions save newsrooms from their cost-cutting corporate owners?

Can unions save newsrooms from their cost-cutting corporate owners?

In a contract bargaining meeting on Wednesday, October 12, Gannett, which had just made what senior reporter Diane Smithcharacterized on Twitteras an “insulting, lowball financial proposal” to the Record-Courier NewsGuild inKent, Ohio,ominouslysuggested

Instagram is expanding its creator marketplace to improve discoverability of brand deals and let influencers include media kits

Instagram is expanding its creator marketplace to improve discoverability of brand deals and let influencers include media kits

In November, Instagram will begin to let some influencers build media kits within the app through a new feature called "creator portfolios." Creator portfolios are part of the Meta-owned platform's broader creator marketplace offerings, which are currently

Tools That Fight Disinformation Online

Tools That Fight Disinformation Online

Tools That Fight Disinformation Online Search for tools that fight disinformation by name, type, or by keyword: Search by Keyword Adblock Plus Adblock Plus is a browser extension and app that blocks advertisements and websites through the use of filtering