Atlantic Funds Deep Dives Into Sports Betting, Free Bread
The Atlantic really doing yeoman's work these days, giving its journalists amazing budgets to pursue deep investigations into sports betting and free bread.
Wired’s Latest Piece Is Irresponsibly Vapid and Stupid
one of the most stupid, irresponsible, and vapid headlines / pieces i’ve read from wired. shame.
Turn One Hour Podcast Into Three Short Episodes
Another podcast hack I'm trying that seems to be working well: Instead of a 1 hour block, I will record 30m with a guest, then two 15m episodes on different topics. So we have 3 episodes versus 1. There's a market...
Media Pushes JD Vance as Iran War Skeptic
Today's newsletter is about why mainstream media has been trying to help JD Vance frame himself as "skeptical" of or "opposed to" the war in Iran. Hint: 2028 https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-foremost-war-skeptic
Podcast Explores NBA Playoffs Streaming Shift and Masters Coverage
NEW PODCAST: @paulsen_smw, @AustinKarp and @JoshACarpenter join me to discuss Prime Video and NBC joining ESPN for the NBA playoffs, CBS’s Masters coverage and the Russini-Vrabel story. TO LISTEN: https://t.co/ldSOoKDIvD
Lyman Stoneky Exposes Massive Chart Crimes in NYT Upshot
"The @UpshotNYT is wrong" Classic @lymanstoneky documenting massive chart crimes in this NYT piece: https://t.co/oEddTTUaNg
Separate Campaigns Prevent ROAS Inflation and Prospecting Starvation
Your Meta campaign is feeding past purchasers and starving new customers. You just can't see it in the ROAS. So we run a 3-to-4 campaign architecture. When you consolidate cold, warm, and retention into one campaign, the algorithm gravitates toward the...
New Stack Article on AI Content Fatigue
New Stack article because getting tired by all those podcasts and blogs that use AI, Link in reply below 👇 https://t.co/ZYKbQZ0RU0
Leverage One Piece of Content Across All Channels
Most teams don’t need more content. They need leverage. Turn one blog, video, or podcast into emails, LinkedIn posts, and X updates automatically. Same ideas. More surfaces. Less manual work. https://t.co/TMyyX29S08
Google Search Exec Affirms Barry Schwartz’s Notability
This is pretty awesome from Danny. Will Wikipedia listen? They should... -> "But I am a director within Google Search, and I would definitely classify Barry Schwartz as notable in the field of search. I'm happy to attest that people...
X Shifts Focus From Crypto to All‑Purpose App
This will have little to do with crypto, and more to do with making X the everything app.
Don’t Pay for Bookstagram Followers: It’s Counterproductive
"It quickly became apparent that building a following on Instagram required a volume of work that I was disinclined to undertake. Bookstagrammers, on the other hand, seemed to provide a way to potentially outsource this labour to someone else." Author...
Legacy TV News Must Evolve as Linear Viewership Declines
🎙️ NEW POD: Former NBC News chief Noah Oppenheim returns to The Grill Room to assess the slow fade of linear TV news—and what legacy players like NBC, CBS, and CNN can do to stay relevant. Listen: https://t.co/1eirU7syNu @PuckNews https://t.co/NmK46593Oc
Streaming Wars Threaten NFL’s Sunday Night Broadcast Future
The Varsity * Russini-gate underscores underlying tension between NYT and The Athletic. * NBA ends its season of tanking. Plus, ahead of NFL Kickoff in September, the streaming wolves are circling Sunday Night Football—so media-industry equity research analyst Michael Nathanson stopped by to...
Mediaite Accused of Fabricating Quote, Blames Attribution Error
.@oliverdarcy's Status says that @Mediaite "appeared to outright fabricate" a quote and attribute it to @passantino. Mediaite blames "mistaken attribution." 🤔 https://t.co/C7NVPDLmZl https://t.co/y8KkhxhmeU https://t.co/jTdqSJdbP7
Ad Ops Experience Remains Crucial Amid Growing Automation
Ad ops experience changes how you see everything from metrics to AI. @EricTilbury_RTB , Senior Director of Ad Operations and Product Solutions at @Inuvo shares why hands-on knowledge still matters as automation takes https://t.co/oVLkIGPa4k
Edit Faster by Planning Before You Press Record
The fastest way to shorten your video editing time has nothing to do with the software you're using. It starts before you hit that record button...
Reshares Are Dead: Social Media’s Era Ends
Reshares (formerly known as retweets) are dead. An end of an era in social media.
Fubo's Sports Lineup Has Big Gaps; Not Ideal
Is Fubo a Good Choice For Sports Fans? Streamer’s Lineup Has Some Big Holes https://t.co/IxtAzRYRFj via @TVAnswerMan
Netflix Exec Meets AMC, Regal, Cinemark to Explore Partnership
Barely got to #CinemaCon when came across a pretty big scoop: #Netflix's Ted Sarandos quietly came Sunday night to meet the big theater owners AMC, Regal, Cinemark & "find a way to work together,” as one participant told me. https://t.co/JvuBqhZ10t
Independent, Pro‑Democracy Newsletter Rejects Corporate Funding
I started Democracy Docket with a simple idea: Be fiercely independent and unapologetically pro-democracy, period. No corporate investors, no compromises, no both sides. You can support by subscribing today. https://bit.ly/4meZPiV
Industry Fears News Consolidation Turning CNN Into Fox
"They're also very concerned about the consolidation of the news. They look at what has happened at CBS—and many of them have said, is CNN going to turn into Fox News?" https://www.status.news/p/hollywood-actors-directors-david-ellison-paramount-warner-bros-merger
Sportico Editor Mislabels SBJ Story as Original Scoop
In today’s example of outlets failing to cite others we have the editor of @Sportico calling a story SBJ broke a “SCOOP.” https://t.co/8VsJF10epD
Colossus Seeks Creators to Expand Tech Media
Colossus covers the frontier We are about to expand into new formats, and we need: -Writers writers writers -Multimedia producers -Art and design We want to see how great we can be making media about tech, business, and markets. We need help. Reach out...
Deborah's Comeback Hype Meets Hacks S5E2 Wait
Deborah started planning her comeback, selling out Madison Square Garden. But when does Hacks season 5 episode 2 drop on HBO Max? https://t.co/HpxDCAqaWF
Don’t Leave Your Prime Featured Section Empty
The Featured section sits right under your headline. It loads before anything else on desktop. It is prime real estate and I see people leaving it completely blank every single day.
Ramp's Daily April Posts Can Transform Your Business
Why is this month suddenly Ramp releases a BANGER x post per day April? You could rebuild your entire company just reading their stuff. I'm dead serious.
DIRECTV Users Stream Former
MLB TV Now Allows DIRECTV Subs to Stream Ex-FanDuel Teams For Free https://t.co/pfaMsfSOYz via @TVAnswerMan
AI Generates Weekly Social Calendar for Consistent Growth
I built a skill for Claude Code that plans and writes your social media content — LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, and more. You tell it your product and audience, and it builds a weekly content calendar with specific post types, topics,...
Govt Brands TikTok Clout Chasing as Political Extremism
Attendees of the TikTok Shorts rizz party after the government declared “clout chasing” and “aura farming” signs of political extremism https://t.co/87bT1L4UsM
For Real Iran News, Follow Curated X Feeds
The one common denominator about most articles on Iran is that they are stale. To get current news, the only place to be is X, looking at posts of followers you've curated.
Podcasts Lose Appeal as Ads Overwhelm Content
Starting to find podcasts way less enjoyable than I used to now that they are increasingly stuffed full of ads - at times feels like more ads than content.
Most Followers Miss Your Posts, Stop Over‑Repeating
90% of your audience isn't seeing your content the first time. Most people don't see your posts, and you're stressing about "looking too repetitive."
WSJ Wins Courage Award, Trump to Present It
Drama at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner: The Wall Street Journal is being awarded the The Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability for its reporting on the "bawdy" letter that Trump set Epstein. Trump, who sued the Journal over this...
YouTube Gifts Now Available on Horizontal Mobile Streams
YouTube is expanding Gifts to include Horizontal streams (on mobile devices). It had previously been limited to vertical streams on mobile.
Snap Must Cut Costs, Yet Boost Engagement
Snap should slash cost structure, no activist required, but can it grow engagement? $SNAP The LightShed Podcast, Ep. 308. With @BrandoLightShed and @WaltLightShed https://t.co/S37PMFGrq1
Too Many Ads Hurt Performance and User Experience
There’s a fine line between personalization and overload. Rob Janes explains why too many ads don’t just hurt performance—they damage the user experience. See how leading teams are approaching it: https://t.co/eKmsXk6CsW @ad_butler #BrandTrust #hcmktg https://t.co/UqGG6MsvVe
Let Social, Not HR, Run Employee Advocacy
My hot take: the reason a lot of employee advocacy programs fall flat is because they're run by HR Employee advocacy — turning employees into brand ambassadors on social — should be run by the social team. Social people know what...
Joining Rob Hart on WBBM Newsradio – Tune In
I'm coming up on @WBBMNewsradio with @RobHartWBBM in a couple minutes. Tune in! @Giersh https://t.co/ngzq1ncptX
Netflix Ad Tier Set to Double Revenue, Price Target $700
Netflix's ad-supported tier is crushing it. Analysts now project its ad revenue will DOUBLE to ~$3B this year. Bullish outlook has one firm raising its price target to $700. 📈 Streaming
New Institute Seems Designed to Provoke Matthew Stoller
the "Institute for Responsible Influence" from the "Center for Industry Self-Regulation" sounds like it was created specifically to trigger @matthewstoller
Is DIRECTV MySports $65 Worth 25 Channels?
DIRECTV’s MySports: 25 Channels For $65 a Month - Is It Worth It? https://t.co/X8qWQyqmTg via @TVAnswerMan
YouTube Live Adds Gifts to All Formats, Expands Globally
Live streaming is a massive part of YouTube, and that’s because of the @youtubecreators who build incredible communities on our platform. We’re rolling out some major updates to YouTube Live to improve the experience and help creators make more money: ↔️We're expanding...
Publishing CEO Reveals 7 Must‑Know Truths for Authors
The CEO of Macmillan — one of the most powerful people in traditional publishing — recently sat down for a candid interview about the state of the industry in 2026. His insights confirmed a lot of what I saw firsthand when...
Netflix Halves Original Movie Output yet Still Leads Industry
Netflix has cut back its output of original movies by more than 50% from four years ago. (It still releases the most original movies of any company.) https://t.co/62UYKNMzD7
Villeneuve Joins Opposition to Paramount's Warner Bros. Takeover
new: Denis Villeneuve, the director of "Sicario," has signed the letter opposing Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. https://t.co/LENGXkC5Yy
ABC Renews The Rookie (S9) and Will Trent (S5)
#ABC has officially renewed #TheRookie for a ninth season (from #Lionsgate TV & #Disney’s 20th TV) and #WillTrent for a fifth season (from 20th TV). $DIS $LION
Tucker Carlson's
Sewage for ink. Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos https://t.co/OgtWe3p0EJ
Outline Your Video First, Cut Editing Time
A rough outline before you hit record when creating video content will save you more editing time than you think
Meta's Muse Spark Bridges Consumer Ads to Enterprise AI
Contextualizing Meta’s Muse Spark "Whether this API pilot emerges as a direct enterprise opportunity or not, there’s clear applicability to the Manus agent use case (which has already been brought to Meta’s ads manager), Meta’s off-platform Business AI initiative, and other...