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David Skok

CEO & Editor-in-Chief

Before founding The Logic in 2018, David Skok was the associate editor and head of editorial strategy at the Toronto Star. He has also served as the managing editor and vice-president of digital for the Boston Globe, and as the co-creator and director of digital for Global News. David is a leading thinker on digital transformation who co-published a seminal paper on disruption in the news industry with the Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen. David sits on the advisory board for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and has served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism.

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Articles by David Skok

Briefing

Australia to require Facebook and Google to pay for news

https://thelogic.co/briefing/australia-to-require-facebook-and-google-to-pay-for-news/

By David Skok | Jul 31, 2020

Letter from the editor: Finding virtual community under lockdown

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-finding-virtual-community-under-lockdown/

By David Skok | Jun 27, 2020

What my son and I have learned from playing an online game together

‘They will destroy democracy’: On the eve of a verdict in her cyber-libel case, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa warns about Facebook’s unchecked power

https://thelogic.co/news/they-will-destroy-democracy-on-the-eve-of-a-verdict-in-her-cyber-libel-case-philippine-journalist-maria-ressa-warns-about-facebooks-unchecked-power/

By Fatima Syed and David Skok | Jun 14, 2020

On the eve of a verdict that could send her to jail for seven years, Ressa worries about social media companies’ impact on the world

Letter from the editor: It’s The Logic’s second birthday

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-its-the-logics-second-birthday/

By David Skok | Jun 13, 2020

We’re more energized, more confident and have a sharper focus on who we aim to serve

Letter from the editor: Regulating Big Tech requires nuance, not petulance

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-regulating-big-tech-requires-nuance-not-petulance/

By David Skok | May 30, 2020

Let’s hope Canadian officials aren’t getting any ideas from the White House

Letter from the editor: Lessons from where the Sidewalk ends

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-lessons-from-where-the-sidewalk-ends/

By David Skok | May 9, 2020

Whatever the problems with the Quayside project, nobody should be spiking the football over Sidewalk Labs’ departure

Briefing

News publishers see audience growth, advertising revenues plummet

https://thelogic.co/briefing/news-publishers-see-audience-growth-advertising-revenues-plummet/

By David Skok | May 6, 2020

Letter from the editor: Governments would be foolish to waste this crisis

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-governments-would-be-foolish-to-waste-this-crisis/

By David Skok | May 2, 2020

Public investment in struggling companies should come with an eye to a more sustainable future

Letter from the editor: Whatever happened to the innovation agenda?

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-whatever-happened-to-the-innovation-agenda/

By David Skok | Apr 4, 2020

Every day companies go without information from the government is a day closer to their burn-rate becoming untenable

Letter from the editor: Lessons from Hong Kong about life during a pandemic

https://thelogic.co/commentary/letter-from-the-editor-lessons-from-hong-kong-about-life-during-a-pandemic/

By David Skok | Mar 21, 2020

Life won’t be going back to normal anytime soon