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Jason Kint

Jason Kint is the CEO of Digital Content Next, a trade organization for digital content companies.

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The Data-opoly

Facebook and Google’s Secret: They’re Junk Mail Empires

Google and Facebook are finally losing some of their power, but most people still don’t get the dubious business practices that make them most of their money.

Jason Kint

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