Jul 10, 2023
So here’s a development that shouldn’t surprise: the New York Times – the nation’s newspaper of record – is disbanding its entire sports department, instead counting on its ample, if recently downsized, staff of the recently purchased The Athletic for sports coverage....
Mar 8, 2016
It was interesting seeing this blog post from this prominent venture capitalist who is a partner at this firm. (Short version: Fred Wilson’s been at it for 30 years, and there are plenty of unicorns in the Union Square Ventures portfolio, so he might have a...
Feb 10, 2016
Let’s talk about one of my favorite types of people: mad scientists. In an era of massive change in entertainment and media, it is the crazed experimenters who will develop successful products, and you don’t have to be one solitary scientist sitting in...
Nov 5, 2015
This week’s new leap across media boundaries is an Evel Knievel-sized jump. The New York Times is moving into virtual reality storytelling. I don’t know about you, but I’m both floored and not the least bit surprised. For a while, I’ve been...
Sep 28, 2015
On the off chance you like your payoff up front, here it is: ads are exactly like every other form of content. When your audience loves the content, all is ducky. When they don’t, they avoid that content like the plague. It’s been a remarkable few weeks...
