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Obama Wants a “Free and Open Internet”

November 10, 2014 by Scott Timberg

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="jqHfdeb7F6lDN38IeV0lSf8Avyx9cp2I"] THE president, I'm pleased to say, has now taken a fair and reasonable stance on an issue that exerts a strong effect on the creative class. Do we want the web to be skyboxed-- the rich over here, in the good seats, the rest over there, fighting for crumbs -- the way American society is? I don't, and that's what net neutrality, in … [Read more...]

What Happened to Net Neutrality?

November 4, 2014 by Scott Timberg

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="JX2tjd7JvriqrA2S7OZYKTAWW9ZQa4Rm"] What about the idea that the Internet would become a level playing field, an outlet for democracy and independent voices, rather than a corporate-dominated, winner-take-all wasteland like commercial radio? Well, it's taken one step forward and two steps back, or perhaps vice versa -- the new proposal is very hard to figure … [Read more...]

If Culture Isn’t Quantified, Does it Exist? And, Tech News

May 20, 2014 by Scott Timberg

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="9uyV3uaURenHexrSfUw92h6J4J7iuLD6"] ONE of the most important stories of the week ran below the fold in New York Times Styles. "Statisticians 10, Poets 0" got at the relentless quantifying that digital technology has made possible. And the things that can't be counted are fading from view. That would be fine, if so many of the things that matter, especially for the … [Read more...]

What Does Death of Net Neutrality Mean for Culture? And, Women of Paris

May 16, 2014 by Scott Timberg

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="xGDWAexoDrHPFCevaXgcNYzALx2EWaaG"] THIS week, it seems, has brought us closer to the end of net neutrality, with the FCC getting closer to approving a pay-to-play "fast lane." The fear among purveyors and enthusiasts of indie culture is that there will be a tiered Internet, one for wealthy corporations and a slow one for the rest. Enormous power would go to broadband … [Read more...]

Scott Timberg

I'm a longtime culture writer and editor based in Los Angeles; my book "CULTURE CRASH: The Killing of the Creative Class" came out in 2015. My stories have appeared in The New York Times, Salon and Los Angeles magazine, and I was an LA Times staff writer for six years. I'm also an enthusiastic if middling jazz and indie-rock guitarist. (Photo by Sara Scribner) Read More…

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Here is some information on my book, which Yale University Press published in 2015. (Buy it from Powell's, here.) Some advance praise: With coolness and equanimity, Scott Timberg tells what in less-skilled hands could have been an overwrought horror story: the end of culture as we have known … [Read More...]

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