Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Social Internet Is Dead. Get Over It. From TV to TikTok, how we get the news is changing fast Reference points: Lost reels: 15 directors pick great films you won’t find on UK streaming Longer reads: How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood Part 2: For the lunch-break Things to play with/watch/listen…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Marvel quietly admits there’s too much MCU homework Concert movies are the future of pop music fandom Why Fortnite is suddenly the most popular game in the world once more What Does It Mean That Elon Musk’s New AI Chatbot…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Culture Has Come to a Standstill What makes the perfect creative brief? How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month Reference points: Let’s get creative Next Action Hero: Meet the New…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Frasier Needs Longer Seasons (and a Network Home) Monkey Laundering Why Netflix Wants to Make It 2013 Again Bizarre Robert Downey Jr. Deal Offer, Beijing Plot to Buy Taiwan’s Only Broadcast Network: A Hollywood vs. China Case Heads to Court My six-month dive into podcasting’s…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: In A Sea Of Disposable Content, Video Essays Offer A Reprieve Confessions of a Viral AI Writer Reference points: The Ultimate Book List 2023. Don’t try to be interesting. DO interesting Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote I tried that instant AI translation…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Is TikTok the future of television? Why the internet isn’t fun anymore How the fight between tech founders and influencers shaped the internet If Every Brand Is Funny Online, Is Anything Funny? Reference points: What I learned in year three of Platformer The Sound of Gamers…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media Metrics See you later, aggregator, Amazon bursts the bubble Reference points: From ‘Suits’ To Nuts, Streaming Residuals Explained Longer reads: What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World? Confessions of a Viral AI Writer Part 2: For the lunch-break Things to…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Hollywood Strike Forces A Reckoning For The Trades Where do fonts come from? This one business, mostly Why Bill Watterson Vanished Reference points: The 50 Worst Decisions in TV History Twitter is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links — Check for Yourself A literary history of fake…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How the software industry will change when development cost nears zero (who will still make money?) Charter-Disney Winners and Losers I was wrong about trigger warnings AI comes for YouTube’s thumbnail industry From $1 Billion to Almost Worthless: FaZe Clan Runs Out of Hype Next slide…