The long term 50 year run of the cable business is built around like a pretty generous revenue share with the people who make the content. And so there was this real logic for an audience to say, wow, we're just going to communicate people in the way that they really live and these new media companies start building. But as you know, I still slightly have this dream, but obviously did not work out that way.
EPISODE FIVE: On this week's Pirate Wires Podcast, Mike is joined by Kmele Foster and Ben Smith to discuss the death of new media. We get into the unrealized hope for new media, how Trump changed the media landscape, "disagreements" over mostly peaceful protestors, the death of BuzzFeed and straightening of the New York Times, and the future of the media.
Featuring Mike Solana , Kmele Foster, Ben Smith
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Topics Discussed:
New Media Is Dead: https://www.piratewires.com/p/new-media-is-dead-long-live-new-media
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - Welcome Kmele & Ben To The Show!
3:15 - The Death Of New Media - What Went Wrong??
10:50 - How Subscription Services Took Over
14:10 - How To Build Subscriptions, Homogenization Of Everything1
5:15 - Trump & Facebook - Is FB To Blame?
23:00 - How Trump Changed Everything
26:50 - Daily Wire's Rise, NYT Dominance
28:00 - Elon Takes Over Twitter - Future Of Twitter
34:00 - Will Threads Succeed?
35:30 - Censorship On Twitter (C*ovid, H**ter B*d*en)
41:00 - Jan 6th & Riots
45:00 - The Future Of Media - Fragmentation of Media
53:50 - Will Mike & Kmele Be Future Writers For The NYT?!
54:28 - Listen To The "Fifth Movement" Podcast! Read "Traffic" By Ben Smith and "Semafor"
54:55 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!!