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The old high-low spectrum was policed by people who shared identity markers, experiences, and educational backgrounds, so it reflects their prejudices.
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
No one is media literate. The more you explain who you are and what you do, the better. Preface your newsletter with the explanation of wtf you’re writing, anyway, because your subscribers don’t remember. The “enhanced bios” of NYT, Vox, etc, are long because of SEO but they also make explicit the expertise that was once just assumed from professio... See more
David Cho • 🟧 the New Rules of Media
If they don’t stick to this, they will likely begin reporting on their product while failing to engage and entertain. Nothing more.
Matthew Dicks • Stories Sell: Storyworthy Strategies to Grow Your Business and Brand
Who you read—and pay to read—is a budding social signal, a way to broadcast sophistication and align you with a niche intellectual tribe.
Substack’s promise is that the best writing will rise to the top. But, in reality, the best writers—on Substack or anywhere else—aren’t just creators of content; they’re mirrors for aspiration, revealing something... See more
Substack’s promise is that the best writing will rise to the top. But, in reality, the best writers—on Substack or anywhere else—aren’t just creators of content; they’re mirrors for aspiration, revealing something... See more
Anu Atluru • Thoughts For Sale
Media Ecology
Justin M Piehowski • 1 card
Perhaps more significant, he’s had a dramatic impact on how the media functions, the kinds of stories it tells, and journalists’ unwillingness to critique the left with the same zeal they attack the right.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Critics should be among the first to notify us when the truths we hold to be self-evident cease to be true.