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2 days ago

We Love the Internet 2023/49: The 52 things I learned in 2023 edition

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers How Jessica Lessin’s The Information Has Survived a Decade of Media Tumult Saudi Arabia’s plan to become the crown prince of gaming Reference points: 52 things I learned in 2023 Trends 2024 The 88x31 GIF Collection Pinterest Predicts…

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Nov 27

We Love the Internet 2023/47: The Priceless junk edition

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See Even Cinematographers Think TV Is Too Dark Tumblr is betting big on going small Reference points: CQK Is The First Unused TLA Why Horror Films are Hollywood’s Best Investment: A Statistical Analysis Longer reads: …

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Nov 20

We Love the Internet 2023/46: The Social internet is dead. Get over it edition

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…

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Nov 10

We Love the Internet 2023/45: The How Netflix conquered Hollywood — and then broke it edition

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…

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Nov 3

We Love the Internet 2023/44: The Let’s get creative edition

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…

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Oct 27

We Love the Internet 2023/43: The Internet artifacts edition

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…

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Oct 20

We Love the Internet 2023/42: The Being 13 edition

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…

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Oct 13

We Love the Internet 2023/41: The What the heck happened in 2012? edition

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…

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Oct 6

We Love the Internet 2023/40: The Lies, damned lies, and social-media metrics edition

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…

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Sep 21

We Love the Internet 2023/38: The 50 worst decisions in TV history edition

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…

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