Music Industry Killed by Creators and Algorithms

I met the manager and promoter for a successful new music artist. The successful artist is Keshi and the manager/promoter is JamesDai. James is with Soka Talent Group. Keshi is a musician with millions of views for each of his songs on Youtube and who plays at large stadiums in China. This is becoming very …

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Retail Crime and Theft Worse in Pennsylvania, Washington and California Per Person

A 75 page report on retail crime and theft shows that the worse levels of retail crime and theft per person are in Pennsylvania, Washington and California. The economic impact of retail crime is profound. Retailers face increased costs for lost product, security, and labor, which lead to higher prices for consumers and ultimately, lower …

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Facebook Sold Your Private Data for 15 Years So You Now Get Less Than $1 Per Year

Facebook allowed users’ personal data to be shared with third parties (like Cambridge Analytica) and there is now a legal settlement for $725 million. You and about 200 million other Americans can get a piece of that settlement. If almost everyone who is a US user of Facebook applies then each applicant will get about …

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Zapier, Instagram and Plugins Accessible Via Chatgpt to Enable Destination ECommerce

OpenAI announced and released on Thursday, March 23, 2023, the capability to have plugins associated with their widely and wildly successful generative AI app known as ChatGPT. This has undoubtedly caused a ripple in the energy force across all of the AI realm and beyond. OpenTable restaurant tables can be accessed via ChatGPT via plugins. …

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Low-Value Content Marketing Is Dead. So What’s Next?

For years, digital marketers have hailed content marketing as the “king” of digital marketing strategies. This makes a lot of sense; in addition to being low-cost, content development is an inbound strategy that works well with almost every other digital marketing strategy, including SEO, PPC ads, social media, and email marketing. Still, it’s reasonable to …

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New Startup to Connect Metaverses

Meta0, an interoperability protocol for connecting metaverses, has announced the completion of its litepaper and the appointment of Jason Fung as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining and founding Meta0, Jason held executive positions at various technology companies, and most recently as the global head of TikTok’s gaming vertical. “I’ve spent my career building ecosystems …

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Particl Launching an Unhackable Marketplace With No Commission Fees

Innovations in eCommerce: Particl Launching an Unhackable Marketplace and competes with Amazon Particl is launching its marketplace at 8 am EST on Monday, August 12, 2019. It is an entirely decentralized ecosystem built around a native privacy coin, PART. Particl wants to fix the biggest issues still plaguing crypto: the inability to effectively spend cryptocurrencies …

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