The second age of digital journalism is over Paid Members Public
Vice is the latest digital player to collapse. But the phoenix of the third era of digital media is being birthed in the ashes of the social web age.
Reddit gets paid for AI training Paid Members Public
Reddit has jumped into bed with Google’s AI, and is earning $60m from the encounter. It's another step in the monetisation of free labour.
GenAI is coming for your video… Paid Members Public
The camera may never lie, but there's no cameras involved in this video. Seeing is no longer believing…
News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies Paid Members Public
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.
Always fish where the audience swim Paid Members Public
And other strained metaphors about the state of journalism.
The Media Inflection Point: a manifesto for audience centricity Paid Members Public
The doomsayers are out in force. Journalism is dead, they say. Just look at the job losses, the titles closing. But we’re just paying the price of bungling the last digital transition. Let’s not repeat that mistake with the coming one.
AI and publishers: don't panic — yet Paid Members Public
Why are publishers making fools of themselves by publishing AI content too soon? They're terrified of repeating the mistakes of the past.
Podcasting news round-up Paid Members Public
A quick round-up of stories about Podcasting, from Apple's analytics change, to some cool new mics from Røde.
