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The current unbundling phase is unsustainable and the long-term media business could look more like the past newspaper model than expected
Adam Keesling • Explaining a16z's Investment in Substack
faster churning of companies in and out of the S&P 500, the death of news and the newspaper, the failure of established
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
A lunch-spattered piece of paper hangs on the wall of the Arlington, Virginia, newsroom of our start-up, Axios. It reads: “Brevity is confidence. Length is fear.”
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Its uncannily effective Internet search product had changed the way people accessed information, changed the way they thought about information.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
they decide whether to “Go deeper” into the conversation.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
uncritically by the press,
Malcolm Jeeves • Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods: A Conversation on Faith, Psychology and Neuroscience
Like at CN, nose-to-nose encounters with the new chief had a way of resonating throughout the organization.
Howard Green • RAILROADER: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
• The top four culprits: Too much text. Too much jargon. Too many choices. Long video.