Old Media Finally Wakes Up from a Coma
Users are slowly beginning to turn away from social media as a source of great content; a recent Pew report found that about 48% of people get their news from social media, which is a huge number but still down 5% from even a year ago. More creators are forging multi-platform, independent careers, which can make it hard for audiences to find them.... See more
David Pierce • Spotify for Readers: How Tech Is Inventing Better Ways to Read the Internet
Adriene, who is just one person, is beating the largest Yoga Magazine in the US on every single metric. She is more popular, she has a much better model, and she can charge 10 times the price. Unlike traditional publishers, she doesn't have a problem attracting young people to her channel.
So, if Yoga Journal came to me to ask: "Hey Thomas, we have... See more
So, if Yoga Journal came to me to ask: "Hey Thomas, we have... See more
Forget Spotify for News. Let's Fix the Real Problem
Media never dies, it only morphs. The old way can only be understood as “compression” — the logical consequence of filtering ideas and people and stories through a tightly constrained broadcast feeding tube. What comes out feels like baby food. The late night talk format will surely be a casualty of media’s democratic revolution. Podcasts and their... See more