This week, Troy, Alex and I discuss a variety of topics, ranging from Alex’s beef with advertising, whether gaming will... more

The pageview has long been the atomic unit of the internet. The business of digital publishing has revolved around it.... more

The battle for engagement has long been a losing battle. The arrival of AI, and the prospect of limitless synthetic... more

The commanding heights of the digital economy are control of the interface. It’s the interface through which the vast expanses... more

Today we talk about why a lack of alignment led to the demise of the once buzzy Buzzfeed News. We... more

Nobody likes friction, at least in the moment. It stands in the way of accomplishing a task. Modern life in... more

This week, Troy, Alex and Brian discuss how we come up with ideas and take them through to execution. We... more

This week, we discuss how the conversation about AI has broken into camps of maximalists, doomers and fatalists. AI looks... more

It's been 20 years, and despite endless attempts to bend the internet to its will, advertising remains a fraught part... more

Brian, Troy, and Alex tackle the fascinating topic of formats and explore why they can make or break media companies.... more

Brian, Troy, and Alex jump on a call to talk about that SVB thing and the discourse around it. Some... more

This week Brian, Troy and Alex discuss Substack, why it's turning into a platform, and why e-mail may or may... more

Today Brian, Troy and Alex ask themselves "what is premium"? They also discuss bundling in its many different forms. How... more

Software has eaten the world, and for publishers that means a continuous battle to fend off second-order impacts of decisions... more

Troy, Alex and Brian discuss what's next for interfaces and how we will be getting our media in the future.Show... more

Troy, Alex and Brian discuss differentiation or uniqueness and what it means as the algorithmic age moves into new territory.Show... more

In this episode we discuss the virtues and misuses of optimism. We dig into how optimism gets applied to the... more

This week we’re talking about decisions: how to make them, when they go wrong, and the tough decisions that are... more

We're still in January so we thought we might as well slip in a late predictions episode. Everyone came prepared.Show... more

Brian's fresh off CES, where he saw no robots at all but definitely got a coffee behind a guy just... more