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YouTube made huge headlines in April when they announced they were funding content for over 1,000 YouTube channels with the caveat that it’s used to create original content. This funding lead to brands such as, Redbull, THNKR, Geek and Sundry, and The Nerdist receiving huge worldwide exposure. Recently, Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist sold for millions of dollars based largely off the content showcased on his YouTube channel. Some people thought funding these channels was a mistake on YouTube’s part saying that they were actually funding their own competition, considering a lot of these content channels were run by companies working

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According to some, for almost a decade Amazon has been an evil empire casting a huge shadow over the publishing industry, while for others its been a great means to get content not available from the mass market retailers. Amazon’s business model has made careers and has broken them. They’ve also revolutionized SEO in the process.

Amazon has been wreaking havoc on the brick and mortar retailers. Retailers such as, Borders, have fallen in their wake, becoming the Tower Records of the modern era. Other stores have used the Amazon model to their advantage. Retailers such as, Anderson Booksellers, has

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Apple has been, by some accounts, the most successful multimedia company of the last 20 years.  They’ve created a movie studio, revolutionized the music industry and spearheaded major changes in communications technology across the board.  If they were stepping onto my turf I’d be pretty nervous.  With the rumored plans to develop a streaming radio app, like Spotify and Pandora, they’re moving into turf that’s already well worn.  Can they take it over just like they’ve taken over so many other markets, or will Spotify and Pandora give them a good fight?

For nearly a decade now internet streaming radio

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