Enshittocene
Internet history covering 2013-2021. Enshittification was coined by Cory Doctorow to describe a period of the internet colonized by platforms, which in turn degraded our user experience.
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Audiobook Sales Are Surging, While Print and Ebooks Decline
Despite worrying times for print books and ebooks, digital audiobooks in the 2010s have given the book industry reason to be optimistic. The big question is how much more can audiobooks grow.
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Music Distribution in the Streaming and Social Media Era
The challenge for cultural creators in the 2010s is finding an audience. Here's how musicians use TuneCore, an independent music distributer, and create their own narrative in the Spotify era.
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves
Podcasting is a tiny industry compared to radio, but recent moves by both Spotify and Google are beginning to lay the foundation for podcasting to eat into radio’s massive annual revenue over time.
