Finally got around to watching A Doctor’s Sword. An unbelievable documentary about Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy who served in WW2 and survived Dunkirk, Japanese POW camps and the atomic bomb hitting Nagasaki. Full documentary up on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=OHx6...
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February 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Finally got around to watching A Doctor’s Sword. An unbelievable documentary about Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy who served in WW2 and survived Dunkirk, Japanese POW camps and the atomic bomb hitting Nagasaki. Full documentary up on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=OHx6...
“In the age of media fragmentation, it's not just about finding an audience, it's about creating a cult”
Gen Z's drive toward niche pushes brands to change strategy
www.axios.com/2024/12/19/g...
Gen Z's drive toward niche pushes brands to change strategy
www.axios.com/2024/12/19/g...
Gen Z's drive toward niche pushes brands to change strategy
In the age of media fragmentation, it's not just about finding an audience, it's about creating a cult.
www.axios.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:33 PM
“In the age of media fragmentation, it's not just about finding an audience, it's about creating a cult”
Gen Z's drive toward niche pushes brands to change strategy
www.axios.com/2024/12/19/g...
Gen Z's drive toward niche pushes brands to change strategy
www.axios.com/2024/12/19/g...
Reposted by Piaras Kelly
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
Politics is an attention economy - Una Mullally hits the nail firmly on the head this morning. When we treat politics like entertainment is it any wonder we end up with some the politicians we have and nearly had
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Una Mullally: Politics is an attention economy, and Gerry Hutch got plenty of it
Hutch’s candidacy candidacy was met with an almost giggling immaturity, as though it was not serious, but sort of “gas”
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Politics is an attention economy - Una Mullally hits the nail firmly on the head this morning. When we treat politics like entertainment is it any wonder we end up with some the politicians we have and nearly had
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Interesting to watch how this will play out
“Media executives are beginning to reckon with the reality that the 2024 race won’t bring a “Trump bump” to save ad budgets or bring back readers, listeners, and viewers.”
www.semafor.com/article/01/2...
“Media executives are beginning to reckon with the reality that the 2024 race won’t bring a “Trump bump” to save ad budgets or bring back readers, listeners, and viewers.”
www.semafor.com/article/01/2...
January 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Interesting to watch how this will play out
“Media executives are beginning to reckon with the reality that the 2024 race won’t bring a “Trump bump” to save ad budgets or bring back readers, listeners, and viewers.”
www.semafor.com/article/01/2...
“Media executives are beginning to reckon with the reality that the 2024 race won’t bring a “Trump bump” to save ad budgets or bring back readers, listeners, and viewers.”
www.semafor.com/article/01/2...
I only recently got around to watching Gaslit. Shocked at the lack of chatter about it. Brilliant series. Lots of standout performances, Sean Penn in particular
January 7, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I only recently got around to watching Gaslit. Shocked at the lack of chatter about it. Brilliant series. Lots of standout performances, Sean Penn in particular
This will be the (grim) trend to watch in the next election - Sinn Fein fear for Dublin seats as anti-immigrant candidates emerge
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a60...
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a60...
Sinn Fein fear for Dublin seats as anti-immigrant candidates emerge
Sinn Fein may be vulnerable to as many as 50 candidates in next year’s local elections as lack of housing is a hot issue
www.thetimes.co.uk
December 17, 2023 at 10:03 AM
This will be the (grim) trend to watch in the next election - Sinn Fein fear for Dublin seats as anti-immigrant candidates emerge
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a60...
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a60...