I’m having one of those days where good news in the journalism/tech/publishing space is remarkably hard to find.
OK, the experiment is done. Let’s just shut down the internet now:
The “Young Indian Method” is a term that has been circulating among TikTok and YouTube hustler bros for the last year or so, and there are now various content influencers who use the term as an explanation for how they are able to make tons of money off of the back of low-wage workers in developing countries.
Source: 404 Media
Is Elon Musk getting bored of X/Twitter?
With a bold prediction that Xitter will change hands by year end…
The tale of the credulous publishers and the AI Pied Piper: a cautionary fairy tale for grown-ups everywhere.
Can young audiences be recaptured by broadcast from social video?
Betteridge’s Law applies…
AI is going down great at SXSW:
“The incredibly pro-AI sizzle reel today at SXSW being loudly booed and told to fuck off by roughly a thousand people in the Paramount was heartwarming,” RogerEbert.com editor Brian Tallerico tweeted. “Read the room, people.”
A quick round-up of #podcasting news, initially gathered for our MA Podcasting students, but now shared to everyone.
Saw an article that looked interesting. Saw that the first subhead was “Synergy”. Bailed on that article.
Huh. Just discovered that I still had AMP turned on for Coffee & Complexity. Another Google project that went nowhere.
It’s off now.