Today, Nora interviewed Tim Wu. Tim is a law professor at Columbia University in New York, and is best known perhaps, for having coined the term Net Neutrality. His new book The Master Switch argues that there's a cycle in information industries that takes them from open, innovative platforms to closed-down, oligopolistic or monopolistic entities. A shorter version of this interview will air on an upcoming episode of Spark, but you can hear the full, uncut interview here. [Runs 17:36]

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