top ranks and the tl;dr: the case for critcism

top ranks and the tl;dr: the case for critcism

worth noting, that its not just publishing, but mass media and transmissions, not unlike the global village as mccluhan predicted. its in every area of life.

the gatekeeping previously at least had certain checks and balances, and its part of why platforms like tiktok and the platform's spread of misinformation has become such a lightning rod issue

on the other hand UMG for example, had to make a deal though to, admitting that the platform had created and validated a lucrative market

and that's the thing.

Blurred lines. Music, news, sports, and in every aspect of life, there's grey. Do you want to be positive or not?

UMG, a public company, has a publishing division. They publish music, and they often have to work with newsrooms to license out music, if say they want a particular song as ESPN might, for example - instead of "library music" -- which is another type of company, that ultimately, functions, as a publisher.

Linda Villarosa, is quite the accomplished multi-hyphenate, and that includes publisher. It's not the first thing she discloses or usually is referred to as, but she has a publishing company and she published her own novel under it. Whether or not she partnered with a University Press or a for-profit company, or printed and bounded it all by herself, her books, were published via Linda's publishing and she is a publisher