The decline of webpages
The open web's atomic unit is fading
Brian Morrissey
Brian Morrissey is the founder of The Rebooting. Prior to The Rebooting, Brian was the President and Editor-in-chief of Digiday for nearly a decade.
Nostalgia
The Messenger is from a bygone era that isn't coming back
Ambient media
Plus: The Google dance is back, which is more bad news for publishers
Where the media business goes next
Axios's Sara Fischer and Vox's Peter Kafka on the flight to niche, The Messenger, AI and more
The battle to control the interface
Pining for the homepage is nostalgia
Elon Musk: Web 2.0 man
Attaching “community notes” to ads is a return conversational advertising
Brand lessons from political campaigns
Building a publishing brand is increasingly like running for office
The BuzzFeed News misalignment
Plus: a podcast with NYU's Jay Rosen on news subsidies
Known unknowns of media in an AI era
Into the void
In praise of friction
Speed bumps are a drag but helpful
Should publishers go to war over AI?
Block and sue vs build
Substack’s CEO on ads, bundling and what’s next
Plus: Beware of benevolent billionaires with Nazi memorabilia collections