Future Media w/ Ricky Sutton and Chapell
Gamut Podcast Network
Two fearless pioneers share the lessons learned over 30 years at the top of the media, tech, marketing and legal industries - with some real-life stories and radical new ideas thrown in to spice things up...
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Apr 14, 2025 • 46min
FTC v Meta: will this case change the trajectory of social forever?
On April 14, Meta will enter a US antitrust court to face break-up. Ricky and Alan talk about the case - and the implications of having Zuck testify under oath as they attempt to clarify previous statements about the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 12, 2025 • 1h 2min
S&W: Canada goes full beast mode in epic Google beatdown
There's an E a G and an O in Google. Might that be why the dumbass search engine decided to get personal with a lawmaker? Uh-oh...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 7, 2025 • 56min
When will ad revenue growth trickle down to publishers?
Ricky and Alan chat with media futurist Erez Levin on the challenges faced by the publishing industry. The ad market is addicted to vanity metrics, but "they are pretty much worthless", says Erez.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 5, 2025 • 1h 4min
S&W: Google's Trillion Dollar BooBoo on News Value
This Scotch and Watch goes deep on Google's EU experiment with the value of news publishers. Ricky Sutton with Chris Duncan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Apr 1, 2025 • 1h 6min
Big Tech's beloved Get Out of Jail Free card might be over
Thirty years ago, lawmakers passed Section 230. It was intended to provide legal cover for innovative start-ups to create the world wide web. Since then, it's been abused by Big Tech. Now tech's decades-long heat shield maybe burning up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 27, 2025 • 1h 9min
S&W: How music embraced YouTube... then banked billions
The inside story of how the music labels won on piracy and streaming by partnering, not fighting, and went on to make a fortune... Ricky Sutton enjoys a discussion with Chris Duncan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 24, 2025 • 50min
Publishing launches a $20 billion class actions against Google
An uneasy 20-year truce between publishing and Google is coming to an bitter end. Lawyers Miranda Nagy and Adil Abdulla are bringing class actions seeking billions in damages for publishers in Australia and Canada. This is the beginning of the fight back.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 20, 2025 • 13min
Has AI achieved Steve Jobs' vision for a chat with Aristotle?
In 1985, the Apple scion predicted AI would be achieved when he could ask the philosopher a question and get an answer. So, I tried...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 18, 2025 • 1h 6min
Will Google be forced to let go of its Chrome browser?
Two thirds of the world's four billion web users rely on Chrome to browse the open web. It's the most important tool no-one thinks about, but it might soon be taken away from Google to foster new competition and protect the open web. Ricky and Alan break down what this could mean. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 12, 2025 • 57min
Who owns content in the emerging AI future?
Big Tech reckons anything is fair game in the rush to create the AI future, but content owners argue that's just a convenient cover for old fashioned theft. Ricky and Alan are joined by copyright lawyer Peter Csathy to discuss the rights and wrongs in the biggest fight in content history.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
