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Publishing

  • The Athletic Raises $20 Million, Four Stories on Tech and Politics

    The Athletic is right to go for it, and raise more VC money. Then, tech and politics is only becoming more complicated as national security concerns enter the debate.


  • The Aggregator Paradox

    Google is winning with AMP and blocking ads in Chrome: both seem bad, but aren’t they actually good for consumers? That is the paradox of aggregation.


  • Facebook’s Motivations

    The impact of Facebook’s News Feed changes on the media is far less interesting than what the changes — and their stated purpose — say about Facebook itself.


  • Meredith Buys Time Inc., Meredith’s Business, About the Koch Investment

    Meredith is buying Time Inc.; most media coverage is focused on the Koch investment, but Meredith itself is far more interesting as a publisher that is succeeding.


  • Popping the Publishing Bubble, Revisited; BuzzFeed’s Struggles; Axios’ Success

    News from BuzzFeed in particular suggest the digital publishing bubble may be bursting. Axios, meanwhile, shows that subscriptions aren’t the only answer — but niche may be.


  • Goodbye Gatekeepers

    Harvey Weinstein was a gate-keeper — a position that existed in multiple industries, including the media. That entire structure, though, is untenable on the Internet, and that’s a good thing.


  • Uber in London: A Correction, Books and Blogs Revisited, More Aggregators

    A comment on Twitter 280, and a correction on Uber in London. Then, why blogs are better than books (in some cases), and a whole list of aggregators not covered in Defining Aggregators.


  • Books and Blogs

    Blogs are no longer a writing platform for new entrants; they are better than books for the ongoing development of ideas.


  • Everything is Changing; So Should Antitrust

    WPP is dealing with not only a changing advertising industry but a changing world, thanks to the Internet. Antitrust needs to change as well.


  • Publishers and the Pursuit of the Past

    The newspaper industry is seeking an antitrust provision to negotiate for a return to a world that is gone and never coming back; worse, it is an approach that could ruin publishing’s true future.