Technology • Innovation • Publishing - Issue #168

HT @BoSacks #journalism

On Building the Open Metaverse, hosts Patrick Cozzi of Cesium and Marc Petit of Unreal Engine at Epic Games invite a broad range of technical experts to share their insights on how the community is building the metaverse together.

HT @MediaPost

HT @scottbelsky Photoshop & Illustrator on the web, AI for masking in Photoshop, faster video rendering, artist attribution for NFTs. #AdobeMAX

By @fractorious and Nabeel Al-Shamma #Photoshop

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned platform for those connecting with others in their fields of work and those looking for work, has been known best in recruitment for sourcing candidates and advertising job openings for permanent work. Now, to complement that, LinkedIn is opening up a new front in the job market for freelancers.

HT @mediagazer

By @deantak.

RT @BusinessInsider Over a dozen media outlets have published fresh details from leaked internal documents at Facebook, ramping up the pressure on CEO Mark Zuckerberg. From fading popularity with teens to failures in addressing hate speech, here are the highlights.

When people deactivate their Facebook account, data connections continue to suck new info from advertisers, revealing their personal interests, recent purchases and other interactions. There is no data retention policy limiting length of time. Via @Digiday.

Google takes a cut of 22% to 42% of U.S. ad spending that goes through its systems, according to a newly unredacted lawsuit by state attorneys general via @WSJ #Google #Advertising

HT @DCNorg.

The tech giants talk a lot about the “metaverse” and cloud computing. What really powers them is selling us socks.

HT @publishingtrend. Via @publisherswkly

In 2014, Amazon delivered approximately 0.2% of all US packages. Today, Amazon controls one-fifth of the delivery market, and is on track to overtake UPS and even the US Postal Service (USPS). Via @qz

HT @mediagazer. By @refsrc.

Data and Trend Geeks - this is for you. 74% of topics saw opinion change by fewer than 10 percentage points over 20 years.

HT @publishingtrend. By @MikeShatzkin.

HT ⁦@azeem Amazon has used its platform to create a new literary landscape in which writers are service providers, readers are customers, and books are designed for instant gratification. #Amazon

Via @chron.

HT @mediagazer Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years. By @dlberes.

via @newsandtech #NewsBusiness

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Women’s Media Group Educational Foundation is the non-profit arm of WMG, and provides scholarships for women in media, publishing and communications. We currently provide scholarships and fellowships to the Publishing Certificate Program at City College of New York (CUNY), the NYU Summer Publishing Course, the Columbia University Publishing Course, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Film and Media program, and Pace’s Masters in Publishing program. We’ve already doubled the number of scholarships - I’m hoping to TRIPLE them - with your help!!