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If Disney’s struggling Fubo TV can figure out how to be the destination aggregator for sports, and attract a significant portion of the 50 million-strong customer base still addicted to cable, it may yet be a viable business… Read @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social's analysis:

Polygon introduced me to my best friends, brought me to NYC, and gave me the life I’m so eternally grateful to live now. Deeply devastating, and it means a bunch of reporters, writers, and editors (+ video!) will soon be available to hire. They are everything. Polygon forever and always.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

Happy Easter, I spent the weekend writing 3,000 words about the Google schadenfreude occurring right now and how it symbolizes how bad the open web became when gatekeepers stopped being directories to keep everyone hostage within their own ecosystems. postingnexus.substack.com/p/google-sch...

This Christmas, the NFL will host 3 games, encroaching on the NBA’s 5-game holiday tradition. Is this the latest tactic in a cold war against the NBA, or is a monster day of sports-streaming big enough for both leagues? @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social explores:

This Christmas, the NFL will further encroach on the NBA’s holiday tradition. @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social on whether this is the latest tactic in a cold war against the NBA, or if a monster day of sports-streaming and couch-surfing big enough for both leagues. puck.news/nfl-vs-nba-t...

I’m so happy I got to pod with Jason again!!!

New pod: @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social does a deep dive on the streamers' sports strategies. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Peacock executives, like their counterparts at ESPN, seemingly want to find out if streaming can be television again by investing in local sports fandoms… From @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social

YEP.

New pod: Apple’s SEVERANCE bump and the long-term strategy for AppleTV+ (wait….is there one?). With @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/6pJV...

naturally www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/21/1...

It's Friday, which means it's time for the only declaration that holds true every single week: The Pitt is some of the best TV in years -- and we've had some truly great TV.

I like Bill Burr cause he doesn't try to explain it, doesn't try to understand it, he just constantly says "the billionaires are no longer happy being billionaires, that's weird man" and it really is just as simple as "why are you guys so fucking unhappy -- you won??"

This, from Neon's Tom Quinn, strikes at the heart of "implausibly big or devotedly small" framework I've used to talk about how success in media looks like in an empire + island world. Choosing not to attempt to win if willing to accept a different definition of success theankler.com/p/neon-ceo-t...

Apple's restrictive, monopolistic App Store practices make experiences for every single person unwilling to solely buy Apple products a terrible experience. Good blog on this from Eric Migi/Pebble team. ericmigi.com/blog/apple-r...

Monumental

historically, not great when it comes down to "ignore the judges" rhetoric

It's disturbing how quickly I've come to expect this exact level of non-existent empathy from White House press conferences. Shameful language.

Granted West Virginia isn't exactly 'Bama or LSU, but wild choice to make in the NIL Era of College Sports. www.tennessean.com/story/sports...

Not to mention that, unsurprisingly, The Dress being a viral moment from Buzzfeed but having the conversation play out on early social (mainly Twitter and Facebook) was all the engagement learning data needed to train algorithms to produce More Of That Whenever Possible, Natural or Manufactured.

He’s taking everything from us.

Excellent Garbage Day on Gavin Newsom's podcast and the wrong lessons Newsom took from the right's unparalleled dominant force online. It's the Bravofication of it all. The tactics that make you very successful on a Bravo show also work on the internet. www.garbageday.email/p/gavin-news...

A quick update on Posting Nexus, and a thank you. postingnexus.substack.com/p/im-heading...

I didn't know Carrie Underwood was a huge nu-metal fan, and unfortunately it's like finding out one cool fact about the worst person you know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Lu...

I don't know if people still say some personal news, but ~some personal news~

I always get excited when I see @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social's newsletter in my inbox because I know I'm about to learn a whole lot. open.substack.com/pub/postingn...

“Positions they’ve long embraced on principle, but now see as potential political liabilities” is a pretty apt summary of overall disappointment with the Dems. We all know the Dems need to do ~something~ to win back a portion of the country. Flip flopping on human rights issues ain’t it.

Liking music in 2025 is so darn fun because you can listen to a new album by someone like Lady Gaga, get super excited about dancing at her next concert, and then start a detailed financial plan because the average ticket is going to cost $450 - and that's if you don't have to go through resellers.

I wrote about how right wing creators are dominating the coverage of Lively vs Baldoni and how it has become a massive growth engine for the right wing media pipeline. Liberal creators are either ignoring the biggest story in pop culture or regurgitating Candace Owens’ coverage to their audiences.

I realize I say this every Friday, but if you're not watching The Pitt, you're missing out on the best television airing right now. This week's episode was a real banger.

My book, MOTHERLAND, finally goes into production today after six long years. Pre-order here! bookshop.org/p/books/moth...

Instagram wanting to spinoff Reels is an opportunistic move, sure, but it's also a conversation that other media companies will have to make as they look to either consolidate or expand. It's a conversation of complementary formats versus contradictory needs. Everything is data.

YouTube has more than 1B monthly people watching podcasts. It's the latest one billion user number that YouTube has marched out in a decade. Music, gaming, TV sets. I wrote about how YouTube became the largest media company in history by moving from being a destination to being permanence defined.

YouTube has more than 1B monthly people watching podcasts. It's the latest one billion user number that YouTube has marched out in a decade. Music, gaming, TV sets. I wrote about how YouTube became the largest media company in history by moving from being a destination to being permanence defined.

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Two things can be true: future for creators to find sustainable revenue exists in these separate membership platforms where creators can directly charge for their content; also the only discovery apps for those creators are fighting tooth and nail to keep audiences from ever leaving their ecosystem.

Everything that Built the Creator Economy Wants to Kill It. A new report about the creator economy's future focuses on discovery. But apps aren't interested in supporting creator success off-platform; if discovery falls, along with ad revenue, what does its future really look like? [link below]

Yes!! Wrote about this exact topic a while back, but exactly. Introducing AI, encouraging people to just ask a genAI tool to figure out the next step, doesn't help society. It stunts are ability to think creatively, to stumble upon, and to discover. postingnexus.substack.com/p/ai-will-de...

Last nights SAG awards were so embarrassing for me, personally. During the Law & Order tribute to guest stars, I summarized the plot of each episode to my partner who did not ask, nor did he care. It is, sadly, one of the only shows I watch all the time. It's on like lofi music in my apartment.

The Emilia Perez team somehow managed to hide a good movie inside an absolutely terrible movie, which is pretty impressive. Every once in a while I’m like “wow, that would have been a cool moment in a good movie!” and then another scene happens and I remember this is not that movie.

AfD was polling in the mid 20s a few months ago and underperformed polls from this week by 1-2 points. Still would like to see it much lower, but a pretty big sigh of relief in Europe

Not in an “it’s so obscure/no one knows who this band even is” way, but in a “we should just continuously acknowledge how great it is” way — we’re not talking about this song enough.

Me, every time the New York Times sends out a pope related push notification.

Watching EQUILIBRIUM for the first time and, outside of all the obvious MATRIX rips and the weird logic around suppressing all emotions but pride???? I mostly dig that Christian Bale was willing to risk it all for a cute puppy. Like, same.

I can't even begin to talk about how much I love, love, LOVE everything about The Pitt. It's the anti-medical drama. It's so realistic. Nothing happens and everything is happening all at once. And, of course, a tragically sad Noah Wylie doesn't hurt. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...

I spoke with trans and genderqueer developers about working in games in the US amid an anti-trans administration and harassment from online communities. Many feel left behind by the companies they work for. “Can’t piss off the bigots, because they spend money.” www.wired.com/story/game-d...

nothing but bad news these days :(

Trudeau kicked off the Four Nations series with a note to the American players about how proud Canada is to be a US ally, all the challenges we've overcome together, and how ready Canada is to remain an independent nation that will fight alongside the US for the greater good. This fucking guy...