Drew Curtis
Founder | Fark.com & News Media Disruptor
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Drew Curtis founded the pioneering news and entertainment website Fark. com in 1999, disrupting traditional media long before social platforms.
As a serial entrepreneur, he has spent over two decades observing the evolving dynamics of news consumption and public discourse. Curtis is a vocal critic of mainstream media's sensationalism, offering audiences a data-driven perspective on the economics and psychology behind modern news cycles.
His keynotes provide a unique, outsider's view on journalism, challenging audiences to think critically about the information they consume.
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How I beat a patent troll
Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.
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