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The most powerful media platform in the history of humanityPLUS: The zombification of failed media brandsWelcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the latter camp and want to subscribe, then you can click on this handy little button: Let’s jump into it… Enjoy my newsletter and/or podcast?By becoming a paid subscriber, you’ll help put food on my table: Quick hitsI think the world is only starting to wake up to how much YouTube dominates screen time — whether it's TVs, desktops, or mobile phones. It's even starting to creep into our non-screen listening time with YouTube Music adoption. It's quickly becoming the most powerful media platform in the history of humanity. [Business Insider] Traditional media companies have a pretty poor track record of running gaming studios. [Business Insider] So YouTube is obviously a huge player in the podcast space, but my gut tells me that most of its podcast consumption is happening on the video versions of podcasts, whereas very few people are using YouTube Music to just listen to podcasts. Obviously, it's trying to change those consumption habits, but I'm guessing Spotify and Apple still beat it when it comes to podcast listening. [Business Insider] Large media brands rarely die these days; they just reemerge as zombie versions of their prior selves. [Axios] Dotdash Meredith built its own in-house ad targeting tool, and so far it seems to be producing strong revenue for the company. [Press Gazette] Many mainstream publications have partnered with a company that specializes in AI-generated content slop. [Futurism] Matt Yglesias reflects on his experience of quitting his Vox job to launch his own newsletter: "I have no idea what the future of journalism is, but I do think we can now say that part of the future of journalism is the existence of a bunch of small-scale subscription publications like this one. That it is both possible to secure an audience and to do the basic work with these tools, and people in the larger ecosystem are increasingly aware of newsletters and respect them." [Slow Boring] Gumroad is cutting checks to creators in exchange for some type of revenue share going forward. Basically the idea is to give the creator a cash infusion so they can scale up their business more quickly. [Publish Press] ICYMI: How Political Wire built its successful subscription offeringI’m looking for more media entrepreneurs to feature on my newsletter and podcastOne of the things I really pride myself on is that I don’t just focus this newsletter on covering the handful of mainstream media companies that every other industry outlet features. Instead, I go the extra mile to find and interview media entrepreneurs who have been quietly killing it behind the scenes. In most cases, the operators I feature have completely bootstrapped their outlets. In that vein, I’m looking for even more entrepreneurs to feature. Specifically, I’m looking for people succeeding in these areas:
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The economics of ghostwriting books
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Gotham Ghostwriters founder Dan Gerstein explains the ghostwriting process. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Platforms as a necessary evil
Thursday, May 9, 2024
My observations from attending the Content Entrepreneur Expo ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Will advertisers sit out the general election?
Friday, May 3, 2024
PLUS: Did Wired mislead its audience about Google censorship? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Revenue diversification is (sometimes) overrated
Thursday, May 2, 2024
PLUS: You can't copy and paste a media business model ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
How The Ankler converts its free audience into paid subscribers
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
When Richard Rushfield launched his Hollywood industry newsletter The Ankler in 2017, he ran every aspect of the business, from the content creation to the customer service. Today, The Ankler resembles
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