The Internet and Media
The media is fundamentally shaped by the Internet, especially Facebook.
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Journalism cannot afford to be divorced from business realities; that applies to Australia, the New York Times, and even Andreessen Horowitz.
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Mapping the technology adoption curve to ideas gives insights as to which business models work on which parts of the addressable market.
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It’s trivial to say that the Internet changed media; what is more interesting is unpacking how different types of media were affected, and why — and what might happen to TV.
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AI and the Human Condition
AI might replace all of the jobs; that’s only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs.
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Cloudflare’s Content Independence Day, Google’s Advantage, Monetizing AI
Cloudflare is unilaterally blocking AI crawlers unless they are willing to pay
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The Agentic Web and Original Sin
Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.
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An Interview with Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) About Being a YouTube Star
An interview with YouTuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) about building a massively successful YouTube channel by keeping viewers the top priority.
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Perplexity and Robots.txt, Perplexity’s Defense, Google and Competition
Perplexity is accused of violating robots.txt, which isn’t even a law. It’s actions are also necessary if you ever want competition for Aggregators.
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An Interview with Matthew Belloni About Hollywood’s Streaming Struggles
An interview with Matthew Belloni about his career, Puck’s business model, and all of the mistakes Hollywood made over the last decade. Then, how sports, tech, and the future will impact the industry.