Media

China

China State Media Make Rare Reports Calling Crypto 2020’s Best Performing Asset

Wolfie ZhaoSep 25, 2020

Several Chinese state-owned media companies have made unusual coordinated reports describing cryptocurrencies as the year's top performing investment.

Internet 2030

A New Era of Media Begins With Tokenization

Joon Ian WongSep 24, 2020

Substack alone won't save publishing: The future of online content is where "money legos," communities and media meet.

Internet 2030

How We Short Capitalism – And Finance the Revolution

Jonathan BellerSep 25, 2020

In the post-capitalist future, human beings will collaborate, communicate and create using the radically decentralized tools.

Interview

Maria Bustillos on Tokenizing Journalism, the Death of Civil and Rise of Brick House

Daniel KuhnAug 30, 2020

An early supporter of the now defunct blockchain-based Civil is taking another swing at a writer-owned media collective. She hasn't lost faith in blockchain.

Opinion

The New York Times Proves Why Civil’s Vision Is Still Vital

Cathy BarreraJun 18, 2020

News media incentivized to tell the truth in a non-sensational manner is essential for beating racism and other injustice, says our columnist.

Media

Blogging

Unstoppable Domains Launches Censorship-Resistant Blogging Platform

William Foxley

Decentralized blogging is coming to a .crypto URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs.

Media

Crypto News Outlet BlockTV Shuts Down, Citing Impact of COVID-19

William Foxley

Cryptocurrency-focused media startup BlockTV has shut down operations due to the economic strains of the COVID-19 crisis, according to two former employees.

Podcasts

Why War Reporting Is the Right Mental Model for Today’s Media, Feat. Jake Hanrahan

Nathaniel Whittemore

The founder of Popular Front joins NLW for a discussion about protests, media and how the people being covered tend to not reflect divisive politics.

Media

Media Startup Civil Shuts Down, Team Absorbed Into Decentralized ID Efforts at ConsenSys

Nikhilesh De

Blockchain media startup Civil is shutting down after three years, with its team pivoting to building decentralized identity tools at parent firm ConsenSys.

Media

Italy’s Leading Wire Service Is Using Ethereum to Thwart Copycats

Danny Nelson

Italy's ANSA newswire is trialing an ethereum-based system to track every article it publishes in an effort to prevent impersonators from publishing fake news under its banner.

Media

The Litecoin Foundation Helped Produce a Horror Movie – Here’s the Trailer

Daniel Palmer

In surprising twist to its normal day-to-day duties advancing the litecoin cryptocurrency, the Litecoin Foundation has acted as executive producer for a new horror flick.

Lightning Network

Bitcoin’s Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments

Leigh Cuen

With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply.

CES 2020

The Open Index Protocol Aims to Decentralize Media

John Biggs

Amy James' Open Index Protocol is taking aim at YouTube and Instagram.

Media

The New York Times Is Planning to Experiment With Blockchain Publishing

Anna Baydakova

According to a new job posting, the Times is looking for someone to help "design a blockchain-based proof of concept for news publishers."

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