business of media
Reporters are not political representatives, but they should resemble legislators—at least, the ideal of a legislator—in one important way: They are not meant to be a class apart, mandarins of a special caste, but citizens working to advance certain public interests. What they need is not some special legal status—what they need is bosses with the... See more
Permissionless Journalism
When political power systematically turns to creators who do not claim a critical role — and are not held to one — the balance of power between government and the public shifts.
Peter Vandermeersch • When influencers replace journalists
the collapse of traditional boundaries between content types, creators, and consumers into a singular, networked experience. This "media singularity" represents not just an evolution in how we create and consume content, but a fundamental rewiring of how information, entertainment, and human connection intersect
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Yes, we live in an age where the pace of news is set by social media. Yet, in accepting that pace, we need not defer to, or worse mimic, that attention span.
How to Wrest the News Agenda Back from Trump
So AI is destroying traffic, ripping off our work, creating slop that destroys discoverability and further undermines trust, and allows random people to create news-shaped objects that social media and search algorithms either can’t or don’t care to distinguish from real news. And yet media executives have decided that the only way to compete with... See more
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
The overall digital environment is dictated by tech companies with ruthlessly capitalist, expansionary motives, which do not provide the most fertile ground for culture. While the magazine fashion editor may periodically use their ability to pick out and promote a previously unheard voice, the algorithmic feed never will; it can only iterate on
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