Ashkan Karbasfrooshan

Open Letter to CNN Mark Thompson’s Coverage of Iran and the Islamic Republic’s Record-Setting Killings Dear Sir, for decades, CNN has positioned itself as a global leader in journalism; committed to accuracy, fairness & depth. That reputation makes its recent coverage of Iran’s domestic situation, human rights crisis & internal/external opposition all the more troubling.

Just wrapped up an episode of WatchMojo’s Inside series podcast where Rob Flis & I broke down the macro trends that led to the transaction, as well as what it means for stakeholders. Watch, or read below the video. If you want to understand what is happening in today’s media landscape, you need to understand this simple diagram. It captures the shift from the old top-down era of media to the modern ecosystem era we now live in. In the past, the industry worked like a pyramid.

Human beings are all driven by insecurities. Even despite winning the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award and building WatchMojo into one of most successful startups ever (by any metric: incredible job satisfaction, IRR, aggregate profitability, market share, capital efficiency etc) there’s a part of me that – I won’t lie, insofar as to explain some of the personal motivation & drive – wishes people knew how I good I was at other things.