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“Everything you do together is a radical act,” says Scottish comedian and professional depressive, Frankie Boyle. And while it might be unwise to adopt all of Boyle’s pronouncements as rules for life, the idea that we need radical togetherness is more apparent now than ever. Everyone for themselves is not working out well. The irony that it’s taken a coronavirus-induced global isolation to wake us up to the advantages – and the pleasure – of collaboration is not lost on most people. Companies in every sector are being pushed to use digital tools and move their businesses into the online world. The media and entertainment space – which had already started to embrace remote production, cloud workflows and long-distance collaboration – is being forced to put its money where its mouth is and put all these technologies into practice. For this issue, we have set aside our planned tech and content themes to focus solely on the effects – negative and positive – of the coronavirus crisis. The essential truth is that many people are suffering, and that this crisis is not going to go away soon. We are going to have to deal with it, like responsible adults, and deal with it together. But this time also seems to be a period of re-evaluation in terms of business models, tech use and personal values. I have spoken to very few people who think the world can go back to the way it was pre-Covid. In this issue, we also launch FEED:SHOW, which is our ‘trade show in a magazine,’ offering vendors a stage to make announcements and share news that GET TOGETHER
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