A new generation of media has emerged which has never existed before the Internet.
Instagram, youtube, Facebook has bread it’s own media darlings which in some cases can attract an enormous amount of followers.
Often the fame comes through a feedback loop. Traditional media picks it up from social media and broadcasts to a large well-defined audience. This gathers more interest more clicks, more views which again makes it more likely that traditional media will find a story from these outlets and let it go mainstream.
Here a few examples.
Is the long format dead ? well maybe not so. At least there seems a niche also for very long blog posts / articles.
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in the same space but with a slightly different agenda.
The minimalists coming off a change in mood among large tracts of the population after the 2008-09 melt down.
Click here to learn more about a minimalist lifestyle!
And for the business segment.
Also a pretty small organization usually counting just 1 or 2 people.
Click here to learn more about technology, fashion, and business strategy!
And at the other end of the spectrum very large news sites have emerged out of the Internet.
Breitbart News
Huffington Post
at each their end of the political spectrum may deserve honorable mention.
Month: February 2017
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7 Inspirational People
You may not necessarily agree with their actions, with their guiding principles, with their affiliations. But never the less there is something to be learned from each of the 7 persons on the list below.
3 Americans, 1 German, 1 French/Tunesian, 1 Lebanese, 1 Israeli. All of them have been exposed to different cultures and different countries throughout their formative years. Non of them have been born with silver spoon in the mouth. But they all made a significant contribution in each their way.
In no particular order:
1. Niklas Luhmann
German sociologist.
Click here to go to the Niklas Luhmann blog post!
2. Steve Jobs
American businessman in the tech industry
Click here to go to the Steve Jobs page!
3. Nicholas Nassim Taleb
Lebanese / American philosopher and former trader in the financial service industry
Click here to see page of Taleb!
4. Steve Bannon
American naval officer, banker, movie producer, and CEO of Breitbart news. Chief strategist for POTUS 45.
Click here to go the page dedicated to Steve Bannon!
5. Jean Touitou
French / Tunesian fashion designer and founder of the super cool brand A.P.C.
Click to go to page dedicated to Jean Touitou!
6. Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli historian
Click here for the page of Sapien and future Home Deus Harari!
7. Peter Thiel
American tech entrepreneur of German origin.
Check out the Thiel page! simple click once!
There should be many more out there. Also from within the world of sports. But often sporting personalities inspire in a different way. A few do cross the boundary between athletics and broader issues of society though.
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Jean Touitou
The founder of French fashion brand A.P.C.
Jean Touitou of Tunesian origin.
He has insisted on keeping the brand small rather than seeking an IPO or venture capital money. That leaves him with complete control over the brand. Principles over money.
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs became famous during the first decade of the 21st century when the ipod turned the music industry upside down. Until then he was not the global phenomenon which he became with a number of blockbuster inventions at the helmet of Apple Inc.
ipod
iphone
ipad
imac
unfortunately he passed away in 2011 so he did not have the time to crack the TV market. But still an astonishing performance over a lifetime. From the early days at Reed College and until turning Apple into the world’s most valuable company.
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Peter Thiel
Co-founder of Pay Pal. Early investor in Facebook. Heavily involved in Palantir as well.
Entrepreneurship runs deep in the veins of Mr. Thiel.
Lately he has also gathered a lot of publicity due to his involvement with the Trump campaign and Trump administration.
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Niklas Luhman
The greatest thinker in the field of social sciences since Hegel was what the Die Zeit wrote about Niklas Luhman in his obituary in 1998.
His work has never gained much impact though at a broader scale though since it has been conceived in German, and it is hard to grasp.
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Yuah Noval Harari
Israeli historian and author of 2 great books:
Sapiens
Homo Deus
Educated at Oxford now working at the University of Jerusalem.