Future of Media

The coming fall of the Kardashians in context of how entertainment is evolving... (aka why they are so pissed about tiktok)

@ystrickler: *What's behind Metalabel?* Metalabel was inspired by specific theories about what the future-now holds: from post-individualism to world-building as self-care to the decline of the creator economy as we know it Here are six core beliefs behind @metalabel_xyz 🧵

Every company is a media company A few predictions on why they should think like content creators and how the companies that get this right will thrive in this market:

8 out of the 9 top stories on NYTimes are negative right now. Google News even worse…. I know there are serious problems in the world but I wonder if it’s healthy for the billion+ people online to read largely negative news about the world every day…

We're entering the Third Wave of Digital Media. Wave 1 ➱ Monolithic Media Wave 2 ➱ UGC Wave 3 ➱ Multiplayer Media A (scruffy) theory ⇓

surreal to read a tech piece from a once-highly respected institution referencing five or ten prominent figures in silicon valley, none of whom are willing to respond for comment. most writers covering the industry are seen as activists now, not journalists. trust is shattered.

Over the past decade, the social networks broke their promise to content creators. The backlash has just begun. New @ScreenshotEssay: The Algorithmic Feed, Content Creators, and Broken Promises

We keep comparing “media networks” (Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter) and “social media networks” (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat) as if they are similar. Both can be user generated content. At their core, they are more different than alike. Even if the social networks include some media

A KPI I would love to set for every CTO/CPO at a media org: reduce login-walls for existing subscribers. Every successful password entry should be a negative signal. If I’m a subscriber, ideally shouldn’t hit a login wall on the same device ever.

Tbh media monetization is very a confusing topic. "Paying to read a newspaper article?! Nobody likes paywalls" "Paying for a blog?! Micropayments were tried… don't work" "Paying for blogposts coming via a newsletter?… GAME. CHANGER."