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Morning on what is just a truly manic week of tech and media news.

But first, Future Media is getting close to the milestone of 1,000 subscribers. I was banking on 300 at this point so I’m thrilled.

Please share with your network below 👇 , and let’s see if we can get there before next week 🤞

Hi, to new subscribers this past week from The Washington Post, The UK Telegraph, as well as the digital team at The Sun, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Toronto Star. For disclosure, The Star and Wapo are customers of my video AI company Oovvuu :)

Also to Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom, the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre, the cyber policy unit at The University of Pittsburgh, and the UK’s Professional Publishers Association representing Bauer, Condé Nast, Hearst, and 150 more.

Future Media focuses on the collision of Big Media and Big Tech. My examination is revealing an emerging trend that I’m calling Landgrab. I’ll dive into it today.

In essence, the top tech …