Media consumption has dissolved into a filtration system of small bits and 140 characters. Our ears now are trained in new ways of consuming music: short, quick, and to the point. In the past, the shortest form of visual media in the music industry was the music video but now our ability to retain information does not extend past what flashes on our screen. Already a dying art form, the music video has been dually affected by the Internet’s shortened attention span. We have entered into the age of music video trailers.

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The Internet is one large megaphone for news. Every single user can add their voice to the bellowing scream of information, whether accurate or completely false. Not unlike a rumor mill, the Internet creates pathways for news to spread quickly without real cause for noting sources. A perfect example of our modern technology's ability to meme itself into credited news outlets is the misinformed case of music producer Swizz Beatz holding the title of CEO of the now defunct file-sharing company, MegaUpload.

Here at Papercut, we're all about bringing you the world of emerging creative entrepreneurs the way you want it. If you own a Laptop you can fire up Chrome, Firefox, IE, or any number of other browsers to read it on our site. For those of you who can't live without the smooth touch of a perfect bound print magazine, we've got you covered through Magcloud.com, where you can also download a PDF to read it on any number of mobile devices and even print it out at home (Wink!).

It doesn't stop there however. Today we are excited to announce that you can now read the Issuu version of our magazine (the more interactive one on our website) on an iPhone or iPad. All you have to do is visit www.issuu.com/papercutmag in mobile safari and view the magazine just as you would on our site. But unlike on our site you can actually rotate the Tablet in your hands and the Magazine will reconfigure itself based on the orientation (landscape or portrait) you are holding it in. Considering the fact that this is all in the browser, this is pretty sweet indeed.

Lauren Whillhite's blog, Color Collective is exactly what the doctor ordered for these dreary winter days – full on color inspiration.

This talented graphic designer posts daily color schemes with the aim of inspiring everyone from fellow artists to fashionistas alike. We really can't get enough, especially when our wardrobe consists of mostly black these days.

The Blogosphere was simply too big to survey all on our own, so we've teamed with our friends over at Directory B to keep tabs on all the rising stars.

In case you know not what Directory B is, it's a platform and community to showcase the best blogs from all disciplines in each city around the world (That's a lot of blogs).

With the help of Directory B, we'll be bringing you the latest and greatest blogs and bloggers from around the web.