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The Decline of Small Town Media Has Big Implications for the Innovation Economy

Revolution

The encounter echoed a recurring theme—the decline of local media and, consequently, the dwindling coverage of local developments in tech. For these individuals, local media can provide an eye-opening spotlight on the innovative companies transforming the economic fabric of their cities.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Back in the early 2000s, it was exciting to blog and use social networks to create our own media and move away from the traditional media outlets. That was the pull that got me into blogging and got me investing in Twitter. And the social media platforms, well we know all about them in the wake of recent takedowns.

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Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

TechCrunch

Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big data analytics techniques, is picking up a new investor.

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Growing your online presence: How to manage your organization’s social media

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Using social media to promote your organization has become one of the most important strategies and skills an entrepreneur can have. Creating a social media page isn’t simply about putting your organization’s name on a screen; it’s about creating a space for people to come together and interact over their common interests. The lesson?

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Singapore’s SPH Media Boosts News Offerings with Tech in Asia Acquisition

AsiaTechDaily

Register Singapore’s largest news publisher, SPH Media , announced its acquisition of homegrown startup and tech news outlet Tech in Asia (TIA) on November 1. With this, the company aims to boost SPH Media’s news offerings, particularly enhancing The Business Times (BT), a financial news publication.

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Franklin Templeton Invests in Transparently.AI’s AI-powered Fraud Detection Software

AsiaTechDaily

Transparently.ai, headquartered in Singapore, has secured an investment from Franklin Templeton as part of its entrance into the asset manager’s FinTech Incubator program. The investment comes as the AI company, specializing in identifying accounting fraud, announced its successful pre-Series A funding round of US$3 million.

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Rephrase.ai lands fresh investment to grow its synthetic media platform

TechCrunch

Rephrase.ai, a self-described synthetic media production platform, today announced that it raised $10.6 ” Synthetic media platforms raise all sorts of thorny ethical questions, of course, what with the rise of deepfakes and manipulated media. To date, the startup has raised $12.5

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