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 Subscribe to Pirate Wires: https://www.piratewires.com/ Topics Discussed: New Media Is Dead: https://www.piratewires.com/p/new-media-is-dead-long-live-new-media Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana Kmele Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmele Ben Twitter: https://twitter.com/semaforben 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!!