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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about economics, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 1803 stories have been published about economics which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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BBC

BBC

'Too small' UK pension funds hold back growth, says Rachel Reeves

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Waste Watch: Private healthcare for illegal migrants while NHS walk-in centre shuts down

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Economics Online

Economics Online

Theory of absolute advantage is based on the idea that countries can benefit from trade if they specialise in producing goods or services

Economics Online

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BBC

BBC

US President-elect Donald Trump: Openings and warnings for Africa

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Sky News

Sky News

P&O spent £47m sacking and replacing 786 mainly British seafarers in 2022

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Sky News

Sky News

Retailers warn Reeves of inflation and job losses after budget tax hikes

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International Cannabis Business Conference

International Cannabis Business Conference

Industrial hemp advocates urge German government to prioritize Industrial Hemp Liberalization Act

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Reuters

Reuters

Stocks slide on unease over jump in bond yields as US inflation eyed

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CityAM

CityAM

Ex-BP boss says Labour is ‘ignoring’ UK’s energy needs

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The Times & The Sunday Times

Peter Mandelson: UK must ‘have cake and eat it’ in Trump trade war

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Sky News

Sky News

Ex-Labour adviser John McTernan suggests doing to farms 'what Thatcher did to coal mines'

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Telegraph

Telegraph

‘My farm turned over £140k last year, but I only saw £14k profit’

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CNN

CNN

35 killed after car plows into crowds outside sports center in Chinese city, police say | CNN

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CityAM

CityAM

Bank's Pill backs 'gradual' interest rate cuts despite 'sticky' pay growth

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ABC News

ABC News

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, shrugging off Wall Street's rally

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

SoftBank Vision Fund co-CEO Misra to exit | TechCrunch

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CNBC

CNBC

SoftBank posts blowout quarterly gains at Vision Fund tech arm

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BBC

BBC

Zhuhai: Several injured after car ploughs into crowd in China

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DPA International

DPA International

Italy says all systems go for Lufthansa to buy into ITA

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BBC

BBC

Ghana election: Who are the candidates and what's at stake?

BBC

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