Rethinking the paid content model in the era of OnlyFans PREMIUM 19 May 2021
The traditional media model was turned on its head by the proliferation of digital media. This is just a well-established fact, and some of us have spent our entire careers navigating as best we can as the ground shifts constantly beneath us cycling through subscriptions, eyeballs for advertisers, pay-per-click, native content, paywalls and other models. The simplified dinner table version of this debate swings between “Why pay for something you can get for free?” and “You get what you pay for”. But both parties are trying to address a slippery question: what is the value of content?..
Blockchain helps collectors perfect the art of possession Unique cryptocurrency tokens some worth literally millions aren’t about getting the art as much as proving ownership PREMIUM 17 March 2021
If you do not work in (or adjacent to) art and auctioning, you could be forgiven for never having heard of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) … at least until the past few weeks. However, a recent boom in their sale means NFTs have shattered auction records and amassed some major headlines. But what the Fabergé are they? ..
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03 March 2021
Futurists have long predicted the rise of facial recognition. It’s a classic feature of science fiction, and today we are living that sci-fi life. We have self-driving cars, real-time translation apps, holograms of long-dead artists, and mind-controlled prosthetics. Facial recognition is just another of these mind-blowing tools that is coming of age.
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