Big Media is Shifting

ReCode posted a great article this week on the ongoing shift in power from big media companies to startups and individual entrepreneurs. Some important factors driving the shift away from big media include lower distribution costs, the high ad-rev potential of social media, and the increasing ease of content creation. The article stresses that "as social networks solve and scale monetization in a way that allows authors to directly publish and make money doing so, individuals and smaller publishers will have more power than ever in their own hands." Check out the full article here.