AI in the Riviera
Efficiency beats craft
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Hearst’s Lisa Howard on why media can’t quit ads
Many ways to make money is the path
GroupM’s Kirk McDonald on the uncertain outlook for the ad economy
Today at The New Attention Economy at the Kerv Cafe, we’re focused on the future of streaming after the land-grab phase. Twitch’s Sarah Looss and Havas’s Sarah Leccacorvi join Mike to discuss “the modern gamer.” Whalar’s Jamie Gutfreund and Collectively’s Ryan Stern discuss the rise
Cannexiety on the Côte
Welcome to The Rebooting Riviera edition
The labor-capital-tech nexus
Old playbooks rarely work on future challenges
Punchbowl’s Anna Palmer on building a new media brand
Narrower brands are winning
Media’s less glamorous future
Bobbing on an ocean of crap
Reforming advertising
"Let's talk about creating a better user experience within the ecosystem"
The advertising cockroach
AI is the latest in a long string of “existential” threats
The China Project’s pivot to B2B and subscriptions
Plus: a misguided Vice autopsy, RIP gaming algos, and 'time billionaires'
The super-empowered individual
AI will force us to confront what it means to be human
B2B’s moment
A conversation with Industry Dive CEO Sean Griffey
The decline of webpages
The open web's atomic unit is fading
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