The Business of Content

The needs of digital content businesses in late capitalism differ starkly from legacy publishing models. Explore how automation, ad-supported media, subscription culture and publishing culture are changing drastically in the 2020s.

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What will Quibi's content innovation be?

What will Quibi's content innovation be?

Quibi has Kermit the Frog dreams of content revolutions.

If Likes are gone, what you should measure on Instagram?

If Likes are gone, what you should measure on Instagram?

How should you measure Instagram when Likes are gone? Read about some engagement metrics that tell you the real story.

What scares me about the business of digital media: late 2019 edition

What scares me about the business of digital media: late 2019 edition

I fear private equity firms and venture capitalists who rightly think that there is good business in media, but who think that is a game of margin-shifting, tweaking algorithms and P&Ls.

Why there's no such thing as "healthy competition" in digital content

Why there's no such thing as "healthy competition" in digital content

A competitive mindset is endemic in the media and agency businesses where I’ve worked in the past. How can your content business get over competition?

On the MIT Media Lab, Joichi Ito and the funding of innovation

On the MIT Media Lab, Joichi Ito and the funding of innovation

We need to talk about what enables the kind of behavior that minimizes others’ autonomy.

Why do I love digital content?

Why do I love digital content?

I love the internet and digital content but I don't code. What's up with that?

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