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What I've been reading this week

I’m of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye. This week: future of news looks a bit passe, Sony on the charge, YouTube revenues hit $3.7B and narcissism alive and well in the Valley Media Hmm... Circa is atomising news into component parts and reassembling into stories dynamically. Where have I seen that before? Oh yes. DMI... (see below)  http://paidcontent.org/2013/06/27/circa-looks-at-news-the-way-other-companies-look-at-code-as-something-to-build-with/ More context: stories as a constantly evolving, fluid thing. This is a really beautiful article, actually as it uses art history to describe different types of news platform.  http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2013/06/mona-lisa-stopped-smiling-a-conversation-on-the-phenomenology-of-news155   Crowdfunding for investigative journalism is also beginning