Media Business Models

The subscription model means content providers are paid regularly no matter the quality and quantity of the product. Makes sense – being paid on a regular basis before you make content is awesome, but in this subscription economy, we have lost the ability to place value on each individual film. If the company spends time and energy on only certain ... See more

The Disappearance of the Hit-Driven Business Model

ssari

the current subscription-based business model makes it really hard for film makers to create a hit and/or generate a profit large enough.

The AIRights licensing platform for creators - Created by Humans

createdbyhumans.ai

ssari

interesting company founded by Trip Adler, the former CEO of Scribd, helping creators license their intellectual property to LLMs. Walter Isaacson (who wrote the biographies for Steve Jobs and Elon Musk) is an investor and advisor. I’m skeptical this will be a meaningful stream of revenue for creators and media companies.

How to run a company like a pirate ship

Lowell Stevens lowells.medium.com

Faith Hahn

The Adults In The Room

Megan Greenwell deadspin.com

Faith Hahn

the scaled ad play on social is kind of over. Even Meta is working on paid products now for its apps for Instagram and Facebook. I don’t really see any of the more upstart social companies focusing on a scaled ad play. I think we’re past that era.