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Daily Archives: 7 February 2012

The Mass Intelligent

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Geoff

This epic presentation by Andrew Rashbass of The Economist hypothesises that smart is the new cool, and what that means for publishing.

Lean back media: the shock of the old

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