Insights and practical strategies for content creators, media companies, and event organizers ready to stop chasing attention and start building belonging.
Morgan Stanley recently published its Media Matrix, ranking the media companies it believes are best positioned for the AI era.
On The Town podcast, Matt Belloni interviewed Morgan Stanley analyst Sean Diffley about how they built the list:
"We basically came up with 10 factors that we thought w...
The radio industry is celebrating a new study claiming AM/FM radio has ten times the ad-supported audience of Spotify.
That didn't sit right with me.
The study compares every AM/FM radio station in America to a single streaming service—and only the ad-supported portion of that service.
That's lik...
Everyone talks about getting more attention.
Almost nobody talks about getting better attention.
That's a problem because the two aren't the same.
The quantity of attention answers one question:
How many people noticed you?
The quality of attention answers a different one:
How many people cha...
An email newsletter is one of the best ways to build an audience. So why are newsletter platforms suddenly adding community features?
According to Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk, whenever they ask customers what they want next, the answer is overwhelmingly "a community platform on top of their newsletter...
For years, creators have heard the same advice: Don't build on rented land.
Instead of relying on Facebook, YouTube, or TikTok, build a website. Start an email newsletter. Own your audience. That was some of the best advice in digital marketing because it gave creators more control over how they ...
Have you ever heard someone rethink an entire industry's business model in the middle of a conversation?
I did last month.
Brian Morrissey hosts The Rebooting, a podcast about how newspapers, magazines, and other media companies are adapting to the digital age. Last month, he interviewed Jennifer...
One of the biggest misconceptions about community is that someone has to create it.
They don't.
Communities often form all by themselves.
The Washington Post recently published an article about the rise of "teen takeovers"—large gatherings of young people organized through social media that have ...
Insights and practical strategies for content creators, media companies, and event organizers ready to stop chasing attention and start building belonging.
