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[edit]The Web has disrupted/transformed many industries and institutions and given rise to a trillion dollar economy of its own.
The Web allows anyone to publish and access information.
This has disrupted industries that depended on exclusive access to information.
The Web has centralized previously diffuse industries such as advertising and retail sales.
The Web has disrupted media, retail, brokerage, and software industries.
The web began disrupting the media industry in 1994 when MTV and Wired magazine launched websites.
While mtv.com started as a side project of VJ Adam Curry, Wired launched Hotwired.com and sold the first online ads.
The Web has transformed media, advertising and commerce.