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Simon Kendrick
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I schedule and publish TV for the BBC by day, and watch TV and film by night. This is a personal account.
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We Love the Internet 2025/50: The Old Young Person edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/50: The Old Young Person edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Elephant in the Tube ‘Alan’s Universe’ Shows What It Might Look Like to Win at YouTube Why Are So Many Songs From 2024 in the 2025 Year-End Chart?…
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December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/49: The What did men do to deserve this edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/49: The What did men do to deserve this edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI The metaverse is cooked, and Wall S…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/48: The Is Gen Z “utterly screwed” edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/48: The Is Gen Z “utterly screwed” edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: HBO Max’s Big Plan: Be HBO Again America’s Polarization Has Become the World’s Side Hustle The crypto industry got everything it wanted. It’s st…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/47: The Pop culture got stale edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/47: The Pop culture got stale edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing. 5 highlights from Rob Stringer’s Sony presentation on catalogue, superfans, AI, distribut…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/46: The Rise of 'vibe working' edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/46: The Rise of ‘vibe working’ edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The rise of ‘vibe working’ The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers Make All Classic Cartoons Free You’re Getting…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/45: The Here's how the AI crash happens edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/45: The Here’s how the AI crash happens edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The great erosion K-pop prospects brighten on China market hopes as Seoul and Beijing sign content exchange deal AI-ge…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/44: The dawn of the post-literate society edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/44: The dawn of the post-literate society edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Shock therapy: why scary movies keep evolving – and making money Six movies that made Ghost of Yōtei – PlayStation’s “love letter” to samurai cinema B…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/43: The Measured AI edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/43: The Measured AI edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Measured AI Against images as accessories Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s robot army. Yes, really. Reference points: “What Ever…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/42: The YouTube just ate TV edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/42: The YouTube just ate TV edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Streamers & TV Networks Are Finally Making Friends 5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan R…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/41: The Who killed the narrative podcast edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/41: The Who killed the narrative podcast edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? The South London lock up home to one of the world’s best cultural archives I Saw ‘One Battle After …
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October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/40: The Obscure but badass folks you should know about edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/40: The Obscure but badass folks you should know about edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas OpenAI’s New Video Tool Features User-Generated ‘South Park,’ ‘Dune’ Scenes.…
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October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/39: The Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying—It’s Being Strangled edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/39: The Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying—It’s Being Strangled edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying—It’s Being Strangled America is in a literacy crisis. Is AI the solution or part of the problem? ‘Tentacles squelching wetly…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/38: The How music criticism lost its edge edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/38: The How music criticism lost its edge edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ How Legacy Media Fumbled the Charlie Kirk Shooting The job market is hell Reference points: A taxonom…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/36: The Little streaming comedy platform that couldn't edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/36: The Little streaming comedy platform that couldn’t edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: We need a serious public conversation about AI and the future of the UK AI is a mass delusion event The Fatal Ponzi Scheme That Rocked Hollywood Refer…
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September 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/35: The end of trends edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/35: The end of trends edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The end of trends Japan used to be a tech giant Making cash off ‘AI slop’: The surreal video business taking over the web The death of the review? Cul…
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August 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/34: The Brain rot summer edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/34: The Brain rot summer edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Brain rot summer ‘Baby Shark’ copyright battle ends with victory for Pinkfong in South Korea’s top court ‘Someone’s always watching’…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/33: The Paradigm shifts and the winner's curse edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/33: The Paradigm shifts and the winner’s curse edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The New ChatGPT Resets the AI Race The Pedro Pascal smear campaign Okay, so age verification is pretty painless. It’s still not a good thing. At…
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August 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/32: The I'm done with social media edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/32: The I’m done with social media edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: A Naked Attempt at Saving Comedy Can Paramount Pivot to Big Tech? David Ellison Outlines His Silicon Valley Vision Reference points: 2025 Big Picture …
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August 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/31: The Inside the media's traffic apocalypse edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/31: The Inside the media’s traffic apocalypse edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse Reference points: The Seven Modes of Modern Marketing Longer reads: How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z…
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August 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/30: The What's happening to reading edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/30: The What’s happening to reading edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: What’s happened to reading? The Wet History of Media in the Bathroom AI is here to stay The Website at the End of the Internet Reference points:…
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July 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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We Love the Internet 2025/29: The Are we in the post-follower era of social edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/29: The Are we in the post-follower era of social edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Are We in the Post-Follower Era of Social? The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun Reference points: The Best Stunts of All Time, Over …
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July 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/28: The next disruption of media edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/28: The next disruption of media edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Can the New York Times Turn Its Writers Into Video Stars? ‘The Naked Gun’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Summer He’s a Master of Outrage on X. The…
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July 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/27: The How YouTube won the living room edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/27: The How YouTube won the living room edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How YouTube Won the Living Room Fake, AI-generated videos about the Diddy trial are raking in millions of views on YouTube Reference points: AI 2027 F…
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July 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/26: The Who cares era edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/26: The Who cares era edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The who cares era Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode What if Making Cartoons Becomes 90% Cheaper? A lesson for the West? Japan was better prepared than …
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June 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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We Love the Internet 2025/24: The Everything millennial is cool again edition curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/w...
We Love the Internet 2025/24: The Everything millennial is cool again edition
Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Battle of the Cool Kids: Inside the A24, Neon and Mubi Turf War Songwriters Who Unknowingly Signed Away Their Rights Finally Get a Real Second Chance:…
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June 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM