Isn’t the system of advertising still dependent on the web content industry even if consumption is…

Ev Williams

Nov 9, 2015·1 min read

Isn’t the system of advertising still dependent on the web content industry even if consumption is via FB?

Ev Williams

CEO of Medium, partner at Obvious Ventures, co-founder of Twitter, curious consumer of ideas

In THAT frame the absorption of the media is a devastatingly simple story: a system of advertising dependent on the web content industry is being replaced by a system of advertising that has users of its own.

Facebook’s filling-out into a huge and profitable business has been interesting to watch.

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