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March 31, 2021

The Rise of NFT's

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March 31, 2021

The latest digital trend of 2021 centers on non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) being snapped up in the millions. The first digital art was auctioned at Christie’s for over $69 million.

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February 25, 2021

Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO

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February 25, 2021

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who built the Seattle company from a small online bookseller to a global retail, entertainment and tech juggernaut with more than 1.3 million employees, is stepping down.

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January 28, 2021

Reddit versus Wall Street

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January 28, 2021

Shares in a US games company have soared more than 300% in the past week - the result of a fight between private and professional investors. Video games brick-and-mortar retailer Gamestop is arguably a relic in a world moving online.

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December 30, 2020

Salesforce Purchase Slack for $27.7B

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December 30, 2020

In the largest acquisition of 2020, Salesforce announced the purchase of Slack, the messaging and communication company used around the world.

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November 30, 2020

BuzzFeed agreed to buy HuffPost

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November 30, 2020

BuzzFeed has agreed to buy HuffPost, uniting two significant players in the latest example of consolidation in the digital media sector. The acquisition is part of a larger deal between Verizon Media, HuffPost’s owner, and BuzzFeed, with the media arm of the telecoms giant taking on a minority stake in BuzzFeed.

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October 30, 2020

Quibi is Closing and Selling off their Content

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October 30, 2020

Quibi is Closing and Selling off their Content

Quibi (Quick Bites), which raised 1.8B in investments, is closing and selling off their content six months after launch. Also, Nathan Apodaca became an overnight TikToc sensation posting a video of himself on a skateboard, bottle of Ocean Spray in hand and singing a Fleetwood Mac classic.

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September 30, 2020

Google's New Degree Programs

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September 30, 2020

Google announced a new degree program for fields in user experience design, data analytics and project management.

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August 27, 2020

Tesla is now the Most Valuable Car Maker in the World

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August 27, 2020

Tesla is now the Most Valuable Car Maker in the World

Tesla is now worth over $380 billion. In addition to being the most valuable car maker in the world, Tesla is now worth more than ExxonMobil, Shell and BP combined. With Elon Musk as the wheel, it won’t be long until they are viewed as a technology company; competing with Apple, Google and Amazon.

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July 30, 2020

Advertising Dollars Switch to Streaming

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July 30, 2020

With sports finally coming back in the US, advertisers are scrambling to invest in the live sports space. Covid-19 cases are creeping into the game again, so broadcasters unable to fulfill their live sports commitments could lose out to streaming services.

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June 25, 2020

Black Lives Matter

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June 25, 2020

The month of June has been dominated by the murder of George Floyd and the resulting fury and rage toward law enforcement. The intense global reaction in support of people of color is promising, but whether that intensity carries forward is a question to be answered in the coming months.

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May 28, 2020

Yesterday’s Startup is Killing Today’s Restaurants

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May 28, 2020

Yesterday’s Startup is Killing Today’s Restaurants

I was a guest on my good friend Heather Keltz’s Unpopular Opinions podcast this week. Each episode dives into an unusual or controversial opinion with guests. This week’s I joined to discussed the topic “Yesterday’s Startup is Killing Today’s Restaurants”. Listen here (I’m on the second portion).

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April 30, 2020

Media Consumption During a Pandemic

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April 30, 2020

In the tech world, Amazon has decided now is the time to start cutting commission rates for publishers on a number of products, and Google has released new AR tools to entertain our families. Here is April’s round up, and what we at FCC Inc. have been up to.