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Video: Amanda Palmer and the art of asking

Don’t make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them.

In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.

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John White
John White
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John White is an Internet media expert and editorial consultant who has been developing news websites since 1996. He is a skilled editor and experienced in new-media development and execution, on-the-fly editing, planning and posting, live-event producing, team building, social media posting and more. He has been an editor, managing editor, manager of communications and president of an online media company. John is the regional editor for Black Press in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Prior to that, he was digital news editor at the Edmonton Journal, one of Canada's leading daily newspapers and digital news teams. Before that, John was deputy editor, online of the Winnipeg Free Press, where his leadership and vision drove explosive growth in absolute uniques and 130 per cent growth in reader comments and submissions. He developed the business plan for Canada's first online-only news service and took it from concept through execution. He has a proven track record of effectively leveraging social media and content marketing tools to expand audience and brand reach. John graduated from Red River College with a Creative Communications diploma.