Back when I first started covering the internet, the idea of broadcasting yourself for hours on end seemed like a... more

We had to stop recording this one for a minute, because Matt Belloni got a text. More on that below. Big... more

The most useful class I ever took in college was a media law class, where I learned two things: 1)... more

Everyone knows that video games are giant, fast-growing business that's going to swamp traditional media. Except that's not true: The games... more

A decade ago BuzzFeed was the bleeding edge of digital media, and Serious People thought it was going to be... more

It’s hard to remember now. But just a few years ago, sports betting was illegal in almost all of United... more

I haven’t checked in with Jessica Lessin in some time — and I have to say I picked a pretty... more

TikTok banned itself for less than a day. Now it’s back in the U.S. - despite a law that says... more

Why didn’t Meta’s stock move when Mark Zuckerberg announced his pro-MAGA pivot? Why do big media companies want to dump... more

I’m a lucky man. Whenever I’m baffled by the internet, and social media, I turn to my co-worker Katie Notopoulos,... more

I don’t love a lot of year-end #content . But I do love talking to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw every year,... more

Newsletters are not a new idea. Yet every few years the media business rediscovers them, anyway — either as a... more

You probably shouldn't know Renee DiResta's name: She's a researcher who studies online bad behavior, not a celebrity. But the... more

Lots of people start media companies using money from rich people. Jason Koebler and his colleagues did it themselves, using... more

Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Bari Weiss all used to work for big mainstream media companies. Now they’re on the... more

One take you may have heard after the election: Democrats need their own Joe Rogan. Taylor Lorenz disagrees. And Lorenz is... more

You want up-to-the minute election analysis? Sorry, not on this episode. But: If you want smart thoughts about politics and media... more

Jon Lovett and his cofounders at Crooked Media are a good story - former Obama aides who started their own... more

Emma Tucker became the Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief in 2023, and she’s been moving fast ever since. For starters, there are... more

What if you could watch shows and movies on a screen, for free, in exchange for watching some ads? In olden... more