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November 29, 2004

Fitting that it is August 4, 2014
that Googlezon wins the news wars

EpicAfter all, that is my birthday. My 42nd, to be exact.

You see, we've just received a "history" of media from 2014. I'm pleased to announce that much of our businessplan comes to see the light of day. (Even the seminal Reason article is noted.)

Creepy. And brilliant. Peg's must-watch of the week.


AFTERTHOUGHT: Y'know, the creepy part about this vision of the future was the end, where they talked about all journalistic integrity and ethics being less than an afterthought.

It strikes me that this is a likely scenario unless journalists make an effort to embrace and adopt the Google/Amazon/Rewards technology.

In fact, that's what we're about -- Journalists taking the wheel before the automatons, be they human or silicon, take over the whole show.

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