Vice
The second age of digital journalism is over
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.
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AI
Reddit gets paid for AI training
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.
AI
GenAI is coming for your video…
The camera may never lie, but there's no cameras involved in this video. Seeing is no longer believing…
Social Media
News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.
audience engagement
Always fish where the audience swim
And other strained metaphors about the state of journalism.
audience strategy
The Media Inflection Point: a manifesto for audience centricity
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
AI and publishers: don't panic — yet
Why are publishers making fools of themselves by publishing AI content too soon? They're terrified of repeating the mistakes of the past.
podcasting
Podcasting news round-up
A quick round-up of stories about Podcasting, from Apple's analytics change, to some cool new mics from Røde.
substack
Substack really has a Nazi problem now
In the couple of months since an Atlantic piece suggested Substack has a Nazi problem, the normally PR-savvy newsletter company has dropped the ball repeatedly. And both publishers and subscribers are quitting.
OM&HB
Your top 10 posts on OM&HB in 2023
2023 was the year of social media uncertainty, and nostalgia for publishing past. Here's which stories caught your attention.
personal
The Festive Silence
My unplanned festive break is over. Here's what happened, and where I'm going next.
Meta
Better Threads than dead
Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?