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“AI will not replace your job. Someone who knows how to use AI will.” Despite a few examples to the contrary, I have found through…
In this time of COVID-19, the sheer act of creating and monetizing video content is difficult and becoming harder. Most traditional productions have shut down, and…
For most of his life, Paul Greenberg suffered from severe depression — depression so bad that he had near constant thoughts of suicide from the age of…
I wrote an article for The Hollywood Reporter about my struggle with my depression and how I finally conquered it. Here is the beginning: When…
No, Facebook doesn’t decide whether Internet comedy lives or dies. This week, an article in Splitsider featured an interview with a comedy writer who had…
In one of the many great lines in the detective novel The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler writes, “To say goodbye is to die a little.”…
Today, we are seeing unprecedented, rapid changes in — among other things — technology, audience demographics, and the competitive landscape. These three elements in particular…
The video companies who thrive in the next five years will be the ones who truly understand how to create content for multiple platforms and…
Modern-day business is built on the theories of economics, a central tenet of which is that people behave in a logical and straightforward manner. Unfortunately, nothing could…
How does content spread from user to user? Understanding how audiences find articles, videos, GIFs, etc. is a critical mission for publishers who live and die…
UPDATED 9/17: As part of iOS 9, Apple has released built-in ad blocking capability. This feature has — understandably — spread deep concern throughout the media world….
“By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost Unfortunately, even the…
Snapchat took another step toward diversifying its business model recently, as the technology platform company hired Sean Mills to head up their original video programming efforts…
Appearance on Fox Business with host Deirdre Bolton to discuss Meerkat, Periscope and Facebook’s new messenger.
A recent groundswell of opinion has claimed that modern-day media companies need to change the way in which they distribute their content. According to some…
We just changed the time-off policy at Nylon to give everyone unlimited vacation and sick days. I am convinced that this will not only raise morale…
Appearance on Fox Business with host Deirdre Bolton to discuss Sony’s hacking crisis as well as CollegeHumor going up for sale.
Did you just update your entire marketing strategy to ensure you were properly focused on the Millennial generation? If so, that’s unfortunate, since it’s now…