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The Internet Collapsed Information Gatekeeping Structures
The Internet, initially developed as a military communication system (ARPANET) and later commercialized in the 1990s, fundamentally disrupted every information-based industry simultaneously. Unlike previous technologies that disrupted specific sectors, the Internet's universality created disruption across publishing, music, film, news, retail, and telecommunications. This episode examines how the Internet promised to democratize information access, enabling anyone to publish and reach global audiences. We trace the disruption of traditional publishing, where gatekeepers (editors, publishers)…
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