We Love the Internet 2024/18: The Strategy in the era of AI edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Video brand TLDR finds way to make money providing news for the young
• The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV
• Can sports journalism survive in the era of the athlete?
• LinkedIn has an AI problem and it doesn’t care
• NYT to soon offer most articles via automated voice

Reference points:

• Strategy in the era of AI
• Year(s) Ahead in Media
• Models all the way down

Longer reads:

• Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
• All Internet Roads Lead Back to 2014

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• R2-D2 Screaming Door
• Train Conductor Finds Himself Caught In Tornado’s Path

Things to look at/read:

• Needs more data

Animal corner:

• Beat boxing duo
• Captain Odin Pawrrow 🐺 invites you to embark on a journey around the world.
• Pining for that breakfast sandwich
• MALEFICENT DIDN’T BELIEVE ME
• Bad gyal Nova

Tweets of the week:

• dating apps aren’t working anymore, i’m gonna start sitting next to couples at challengers screenings
• He’s hiding in the Facility level in GoldenEye
• *to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire*
• Live your life like this dude and you’ll not go far wrong
• Are you ok babe? You’ve hardly touched your Gonster….

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation
• What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?
• No one buys books
• The Deaths of Effective Altruism

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