Media Companies Are Having Their Worst Year in Three Decades
“Advertising and affiliate fees are the two biggest revenue streams for most traditional media companies. Now they are both in secular decline.” #Media
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Good vibes, bad vendors
AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.
Notable links: February 20, 2026
Why aren't newsrooms sharing and innovating? And more.
Stop calling optimization "innovation."
"The problem is, if you’re optimizing a product that fundamentally isn’t working for how people get news in 2026, all you’re really doing is riding that buggy off of a cliff with style."
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
"Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes." This study shows that some do - to significant effect.