The latest by:
Steve Effros
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08/05/2026
Effros: The YouTube Answer
Simplicity. That’s the answer. The questions are far more complicated. The overall issue is video viewership, the massive changes that are currently happening in that sphere, why it’s happening, and what
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07/15/2026
Effros: Circularity
History repeats itself. Enter the antitrust case filed by 12 state Attorneys General opposing the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
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07/01/2026
Effros: $256.68 Billion
What’s this column’s title all about? $256.68 Billion? Well, it has nothing to do with money flowing in and out of some pockets. It’s the total amount of money currently committed for major sports distribution rights!
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06/17/2026
Effros: Dumpster Fires
By the time you read this, it’s likely (hopefully) that the latest dumpster fire singeing the development of telecommunications in the United States has been extinguished. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be more of them; there will be.
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06/03/2026
Effros: AI’s Section 230?
the two main threads of the debate over AI focus on whether we should accelerate AI development (beat China!) or should we try to develop a structure that creates guardrails around that development. Yes, that might slow things down, but is that bad?
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05/20/2026
Effros: Journalism 101+
OK, I’ll admit it; I’m tired of having to write about all the challenges, difficulties, legal fights, ideological battles, scams, political shenanigans and so on (and that’s only in our telecommunications world!).