Media Social Media and Updates
Media Social Media and Updates
The question they should be asking: Is there life after newspapers? Is There Life After Smartphones? https://t.co/LClCxzIAmb
I've analyzed 1,000+ winning ads. Here's the pattern: Ads that looked like native social media posts (UGC, iPhone footage) outperformed polished studio ads 9 times out of 10. Your assumption that you need high production value is wrong. Authenticity wins.
Volumetric video shines in live sports, but cinema’s creative and technical barriers slow adoption. https://t.co/NYB9FynplA
Just as Japan Twitter is going to merge with the rest of Twitter, Japan itself is converging toward the rest of the world. https://t.co/E2FnSeaVyV
Before I first visited the US, I thought that the brown paper bags everyone on US TV used to carry their shopping home were a TV convention (like area code 555) - a way to avoid showing brands. Then I...
'We're having a moment' - fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial https://t.co/XOuqSvxrap https://t.co/Q6xO3sWpxB
Social media changed the game… Mainstream media, especially Western media, can’t get away with their traditional narratives…. The people are constantly reminding @BBCWorld, @CNN, & @SkyNews that propaganda has no place in the social media era…. https://t.co/KGQNEJrTjB
🚨 You don't need to pay ScreenStudio $89 for premium screen recordings anymore. Someone just open-sourced the entire application for free. It is called OpenScreen. It has 10,900+ GitHub stars. You record your screen, and it automatically transforms your actions into a polished, professional...
This stuff is so stupid. EVERY consumer/media product is designed to maximize DAUs and time spent. Same w Netflix, Spotify, the NYT app, it’s not nefarious to make a product that delivers content ppl want. If you want these companies...
Recommend @billy on the @BretEastonEllis pod Demands a part two BEE POD is on @Patreon and worth much more than $10 a month https://t.co/BRMrPVfy5J
Doubt I’ve ever seen a story with more falsehoods and deceptive language in the first two ‘graphs in my life. What an absolute trash piece. We need more @PalmerLuckey’s and less liars like Nathan. Can’t believe an editor let this...
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too? I think so. But it requires acknowledging the distinction between speech and design: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-trials-230-content-design/
Wikipedia cracks down on the use of #AI in article writing by Lucas Ropek @TechCrunch Learn more: https://t.co/h5eOOXWfFs #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/4AZsgX7M63
Shocking results here — Fans prefer stuff they like for free rather than for extra money. Glad Fox took a poll on this one.
Status Scoop: Bari Weiss wanted to make changes to "60 Minutes" earlier this year, but was talked down by CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and other senior leaders. But with the show's current season ending in May, she plans to...
Newsletter is out: 🛍️Meta announces new shopping and affiliate features across Facebook and Instagram 📱TikTok and Snapchat tout new first-impression, high-frequency ad formats 🤝YouTube brings new features to its newly named YouTube Creator Partnerships platform 💼Pinterest makes it easier for creators and SMBs to...
📺 March 31, 1992: “Dateline,” initially hosted by Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips, debuted on NBC. This was the network’s 18th attempt — its most successful — at a primetime newsmagazine. https://t.co/AE4hSVodJ2 https://t.co/nseNEy8JDV
After a day like today, I am disappointed CNBC didn't run a "Markets In Celebration" special tonight.
Bsky user raises a good point: per "social media addiction" proponents' claims, wouldn’t a platform like BS, where there is no content-recommendation algo & users can tailor their feeds to contain precisely the ppl and types of posts they want...
NEW: Consumer spending on video has plateaued since the pandemic, and advertising isn't enough to save the industry from stalling out — The market could start to grow again if streamers teamed up and started to bundle services — Analysts don't...
Scoop: Fox Corp's Red Seat Ventures is building a premium membership for the ultra-wealthy centered around live events — Eyeing concierge services, VIP access, the works — Could be synergies with Fox Sports More in @axios https://t.co/0GyAdBFPsM
Meta was not remotely "held accountable" for harming teens this framing is deranged and this piece also completely misrepresents how big tobacco was actually regulated. I'm gonna lose my mind
There's a reason why the advertising on @twistartups has been sold out for 15 years straight and 2,200+ episodes -- it works (and we price it slightly under market to create long-term partnerships) Thanks @trustvanta for the long-term support 🥰...
Exclusive: @westervelt, who most recently was head of design at Instagram, has been named head of Edits, the company's video editing app. Read the full story here: https://scalablepod.com/p/exclusive-meta-taps-instagram-exec-to-lead-edits
Text-to-vote was a revolution in entertainment in the early 2000s. Scan-to-invest will define the next generation of interactive shows.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson: “This is a ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law. NPR and PBS have no right to receive taxpayer funds, and Congress already voted to defund them.” https://t.co/aI95V26uAh
The kids-themed show “Teletubbies” made its U.S. debut on PBS in 1997. Known for its colorful characters and playful antics, it aimed to entertain and educate toddlers, but many viewers found its unusual visuals and surreal style a bit creepy....
Indie distribution’s not a business anyone should be jumping into nowadays Small films are getting bulldozed at the multiplex right & left
AI is lowering the barrier to making music to almost zero. Tools like Suno let anyone generate songs from simple prompts, turning creation into something instant and accessible. That opens the door to massive creativity, but also raises questions about originality...
X wants to be a town square.. I’ve always thought of Twitter as a place for conversations. You can have a conversation with a friend or group while standing in the Town Square.. allowing an open hear to hear news...
Sci-fi writers ~50 years ago were talking about flying cars and space colonies. I don't think anyone predicted that something like YouTube will exist, where niche videos like this 3h study video with 24M views
I'll be going live on YouTube this Saturday at 12pm ET. What do you wanna talk about? And don't make me listen to 'Bully' because that's not happening 🫠
Nice industry breakdown from $WMG CEO. Covers everything from AI risk to music publishing economics to the long-term growth outlook and overall moatiness of the space. Good read: https://t.co/XTKkxy6RPv https://t.co/sGhhtzDs4B
I’m building a personal media operating system for myself. Not a content calendar. Not an AI post writer. A real internal system for: - signals - hooks - scripts - UGC workflows - memory - distribution Because I want my own products to grow through systems, not daily chaos. Share in...
Every platform your competitors ignore is a channel you can own for almost nothing. YouTube. Reddit. Niche newsletters. Podcast circuits. First mover advantage is still real.
Turns out a lot of people are watching micro drama apps — outside of the regular rotation of social platforms
RT @MktgtTechAI Review: FlexClip AI Video Platform [NEW POST] https://t.co/CtzT3w39KU @FlexClipApp stands out a versatile, accessible #AI video and content creation platform--with one key differentiator.
This could get interesting 👀 TikTok partnered with Cameo — which means creators can offer personalized videos directly within the app It's a new revenue stream for creators and a new way to interact with your favorite TikTok creators for fans https://newsroom.tiktok.com/tiktok-partners-with-cameo-to-unlock-new-monetization-opportunities-for-creators?lang=en
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YouTube started as ...a video dating site. But nobody uploaded dating videos. People uploaded everything else. So Youtube listened and pivoted to the current Youtube
FACTCHECK: GB News owner Paul Marshall seems to dislike Christian leaders criticising his channel's attacks on climate action, so he made a rare public intervention But his letter to the Guardian (pic) makes 25 false, misleading or confused claims (!) Receipts in...
"Post at the best time" = optimize your labor for a platform's algorithm. "Use the right hashtags" = help a platform sell your attention more effectively. "Perfect your video length" = conform your creativity to what benefits the machine. You are not creating...
Like I said the other day could happen, the SEL article and the Press Gazette article that were removed due to a BS DMCA takedown are now back in the SERPs again. Good to see Google move quickly to rectify...
Writing is thinking, and people who outsource the full writing process to AI will find their screens full of words and their minds empty of thought. But also: All writing involves and has always involved “outsourcing”—reaching outside of the writer’s...
Stranger Things took three of the top 10 positions in Netflix’s most-watched content list for the second half of 2025. Season 1, which premiered almost 10 years ago, ranked #5. https://t.co/MdjWiYMI1Q
Reddit is riding a serious wave, but will that wave crash? It hasn't yet... -> Top domains cited by AI search: Analysis based on 30M sources Includes how top sources vary by platform: https://t.co/P1YXPVC6vZ via @TomekRudzki from @peec_ai https://t.co/d3GAnP2Cln
TV Talk: @cmudrama grad Corey Scott talks landing his series regular role on #SVU , acting opposite Mariska Hargitay & how his new character is not related to the guest character he previously played on SVU even though they share...
The first TV version of "Cinderella," starring then 21-year-old Julie Andrews, aired in color on CBS in 1957. "Cinderella" was the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written for television. https://t.co/Oh6voRtz6W https://t.co/LdusPmuwvl
Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron has produced a brand-new NatGeo documentary — and if you're looking for a double bill binge, he's got the perfect recommendation. https://t.co/6IgTbodIK4
It's so revealing how the loudest voices ranting/raving about the "harms" of social media spend ZERO time engaging w the Fediverse at all. They want u to think that big tech's model of social media is the only one so...
