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The Creator Economy
Samantha Dixon • 3 cards
(Curator's comment: This is referring to YouTube’s decision to offer YouTube Red, a subscription service for ad-free experience.) They’re getting their highest value users, which are the people that the advertisers actually want to reach to not see the ads and to do brand advertising you need enormous scale, I mean Facebook and YouTube are the only... See more
David Rosenthal • YouTube | Acquired Podcast
These creators are a far cry from Hollywood types. But with internet platforms, they can broadcast their knowledge and expertise. They’re also able to better monetize what they know and what they love: before YouTube, MKBHD might have worked as a techie at the Apple Store; now, he employs a dozen people and does tech reviews for 14 million... See more
Rex Woodbury • What People Misunderstand About The Creator Economy
"Vice Media is finalizing the sale of a 10% stake to A&E Networks" -- would value Vice at $2.5 billion: http://t.co/z9Aahl2eSr
Brian Stelterx.comBrian Chesky’s new playbook
youtu.be“I want Vogue to be pacy, sharp, and sexy, I’m not interested in the super-rich or infinitely leisured. I want our readers to be energetic, executive women, with money of their own and a wide range of interests,” she told the London Daily Telegraph. “There is a new kind of woman out there. She’s interested in business and money. She doesn’t have
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'At @cannes_lions this year, UK adman-turned-comedian @robmayhewcomedy wore a T-shirt emblazoned with just four names: Gallop, Scaman, Ross, and Kean. It was a wry yet pointed acknowledgement of the kinds of personalities truly shaping our industry now - not through legacy structures, but through fearless ideas and future-forward thinking.... See more
instagram.comThe IP ownership debates in media will keep growing.
Big opportunity for a new podcast and streaming network to say "Bring your show to us. You own the IP. We take a cut of revenue."
Dan Runciex.com