Mass Media
Alex Cranz writing for The Verge: a memo from CNN CEO Mark Thompson outlines some of the early plans to try to save CNN from cable — and grow its presence on the phone. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, which has seen the memo, the first step will be
Substack
Over a month ago an article from Jonathan M. Katz at The Atlantic made waves with an article titled "Substack Has a Nazi Problem". At least 16 of the [Substack] newsletters that I reviewed have overt Nazi symbols, including the swastika and the sonnenrad, in their logos or
Creator Economy
Between the Vice News layoffs, the podcasting industry crumbling, and Jezebel closing its doors it's safe to say that the media industry is having a bit of a crisis. It's clear that advertising on sites like Jezebel and large podcasts aren't cutting it anymore,
CNN
The average housefly can live for around 28 days, which means that there are literal bugs that will have outlived CNN+ as they close their streaming service on April 30th. An Explanation of What Happened Better journalists than me have explained what happened with CNN+, and I would much rather