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Missing Links & Unfinished Thoughts #2: An Ugly Truth or Two Paid Members Public
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit.
Spinning the digital news cycle Paid Members Public
The Sun's starting to gate its content, and local news is putting up a paywall. No, this isn't a post from 2014 — this is happening now.
We need a social media POSSE Paid Members Public
But I'm not talking about an online lynch mob, but some new digital plumbing to make it easier to navigate a social media diaspora. Plus an AI tool worth exploring.
Commercial lessons from the Black Ballad founder’s newsletter Paid Members Public
How a weekly newsletter has become central to both the community building and monetisation of a ground-breaking website for black women.
How publications get sloppy Paid Members Public
A perfect storm of dodgy SEO, dodgier AI work and the desperate need to protect affiliate revenue is breeding a whole new type of web content slop.
OpenAI is paying Axel Springer for its content Paid Members Public
The German publishing giant has inked a deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT
How to accidentally create a competitor Paid Members Public
What’s to stop a bunch of people you just laid off from launching a competitor? Almost nothing, it turns out…
Why DC Thompson is putting communities at the heart of its business Paid Members Public
Scottish publisher DC Thompson is rethinking its strategy around communities, becoming both a member of them, but also a source of expertise on them they can sell to others.
