Content is not king anymore; platform for its creation & sharing is! More generally, the one who allocates resources in most efficient way will dominate. This, btw, does not demand owning those resources. What's valueable nowadays is not resource itself, but rather its efficient allocation, from which allocator and its investors can benefit. It's all about timing, baby! ;)
P.S. And #Bitcoin as an example of #blockchain usage is a step further in the described phenomenon, coz 'middleman' here is not a man, but set of rules, which cannot be tampered & censored.