podcasting
Podcasting's moving fast… and possibly breaking things
Some news from the podcasting world, as Apple gets transcription happy, Ai translations prove harder than expected — and the worst celebrity podcast is announced.
Automattic
What the hell is happening at Automattic?
The WordPress.com company is selling posts from that site and Tumblr to AI companies — while its CEO scraps with a banned user online. Which is… fine?
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.
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.