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Content marketing's AI future
Welcome to People vs Algorithms 14. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. Get my free weekly email here: I had to go back to Saskatchewan this week. For those of you that need a geography lesson, here's a link.
Web3's Summer of Love
Photo credit: Gustavo Zambelli, Unsplash Welcome to People vs Algorithms 13. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. Get my free weekly email here: Let's say someone gets robbed. And let's say it's of material value, like a couple of million dollars.
Cracks and fissures 2022
We’ve been playing with generative art stuff and, together with incredible collaborators Alex and Adrian, turned Algo the bear into code and poured in an AI, GPT-3 powered soul. More examples through the post. Welcome to People vs Algorithms 12. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world.
Web3 and Media
Mashup by PVA, Cash for your Warhol by Geoff Hargadon Welcome to People vs Algorithms 11. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. Get my free weekly email here: Everybody's talking about “rabbit holes” right now. And everybody seems to be going down them. Mostly the Web3, crypto, blockchain, metaverse kind.
Content is hard. Shopify is easy. A case study.
Welcome to People vs Algorithms 9. I am traveling this week. Enjoy the early edition. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. Get my weekly email here: In January 2013, shortly after becoming CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Meyer gave her first televised interview to Bloomberg.
Nobody gives a f**k about your brand anymore
People vs Algorithms #7 by me Welcome to People vs Algorithms #7. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. Get my weekly email here: "Nobody gives a fuck about your brand anymore". The line caught my attention.
Deconstructing content to commerce
Welcome to People vs Algorithms #3. I look for patterns in media, business and culture. My POV is informed by 30 years of leadership in media and advertising businesses, most recently as global President of Hearst Magazines, one of the largest publishers in the world. First Glance Pictured above: Tyler Hobb’s Fidenza 313 sold in late August for 1000ETH or $3.13M at time of transaction. Tyler makes stunning “generative” art — NFTs created with algorithms.
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As it did for many folks, 2020 brought unexpected change into my life. I will spare you the details of my personal journey but I did think it could be a good time to start sharing observations about media and other stuff that catches my attention. There's so much to process. And, I need to write. I am going to try to spit out one note each week. Hopefully you will find it worth your time. My favorite starting point when looking at media is the lens of distribution. It shapes everything.
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