[contextly_auto_sidebar id="vpKpOFraYmovKc1hoqt7x37XjxxamfNB"] WHAT would Teddy Roosevelt do? I know I'm not the only arts observer who wonders where the anti-trust boys -- the Department of Justice, for instance -- are when a tech company takes over an enormous share of a culture industry. Amazon owns about two thirds of the market for digital books, for example, and the DoJ ruled in favor of … [Read more...]
Are Human Tastemakers Waging a Comeback?
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="Y8fDWKTQR4PySZdf0pqVQLolQa6bMrQS"] THE phrase "we love you people" may have a new resonance: Apple's purchase of Beats may mean Silicon Valley may be turning toward actual people as "curators" over the faceless algorithms it's been using. Years into a process by which your bookstore or record store clerk found himself made obsolete by an Amazon recommendation, this … [Read more...]