Busy Corner Text Media Report

“I used to assume the audience was smart,” writes Dianna Cohen, the founder of a beauty brand Crown Affair. “But the truth is, even the smart ones (hi, I see you), no longer have the attention span.”

“Text is a great way to slow down, go deeper, and "work" for the value of the media (in some sense). One way that I might frame the decline of the image, is more so a growing awareness of the effects of cheap dopamine. Same reason why people are choosing to leave dating apps (for in-person dating), seek alternative consumer technology (vs

Pyle calls out this tweet from Paul Skallas reacting to the launch of Sora, an OpenAI model for generating videos: “Video and the "image" is entering its Faustian stage and will burn out. I'm long on text.”

“Maybe this is another reason why print media is having a resurgence – the internet is becoming an increasingly unnavigable Takeshi’s castle-style obstacle course of terrible user experience and useless, nonsensical content,” says a writer and podcaster Georgia Graham in response to an essay about the AI-induced weirdness of the internet. “Finding