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Ethan Zuckerman

Director, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, UMass Amherst · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ethan Zuckerman is an associate professor and director of the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. An early web pioneer at Tripod.com, he co-founded Global Voices and authored books on internet connectivity and institutional trust.

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3 assertions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Myanmar went from zero to seven daily newspapers after lifting censorship
“Those regulations changed a little bit more than two years ago, and we suddenly had an explosion of daily newspapers at least seven dailies going out, where you once had none. And you suddenly got many, many dozens of weekly publications coming out.”
Ethan Zuckerman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:17 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar

Everything Ethan Zuckerman said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Myanmar journalists measure audience reach in Facebook likes, not page views
“And I found experiences that sort of going around and talking to journalists in Myanmar, they don't talk in terms of page views, they don't talk in terms of readers, they talk in terms of likes.”
Ethan Zuckerman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:12 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Insight
Tech incubators require a pre-existing community to succeed
“It turns out that what you really need is a strong pre-existing tech community that was looking for a seed crystal.”
Ethan Zuckerman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:21 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Assertion Supported
Myanmar went from zero to seven daily newspapers after lifting censorship
“Those regulations changed a little bit more than two years ago, and we suddenly had an explosion of daily newspapers at least seven dailies going out, where you once had none. And you suddenly got many, many dozens of weekly publications coming out.”
Ethan Zuckerman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:17 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Assertion Supported
Nairobi's iHub incubator has spun out over 50 startups
“And that project has now spun out over 50 startups.”
Ethan Zuckerman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:09 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar

Appearances (1)

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a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar Jan 2, 2019 7m
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