Looking Back on Digital Media in the 2010s, and What's Next

The 2010s gave rise to a public backlash against big data

The rise of digital that began in the 2000s—which saw a notable shift in advertising dollars toward mobile screens, plus the growing dominance of Big Tech on Madison Avenue, aided by a regulatory push symbolized by the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—continued into the 2010s, led by Facebook, Google and, increasingly, Amazon.

Google, in a bid to get ahead of the mobile-first movement, bought Motorola for $12.5 billion in August 2011, hoping to bolster its control of the Android ecosystem.

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