Last week I noticed a press release, sent out via PressGazette (a British media news website). The article announced that Acast, the Scandi podcast hosting and advertising company, would be leading a consortium of “probably the most influential” publishers in podcasting. Those publishers? The Guardian, The Times, The Economist, The…

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This blog originally appeared on my newsletter — Future Proof — so do subscribe to that if you want to read pieces a week or so earlier… BuzzFeed News is closing, its founder Jonah Peretti announced this week. “We are reducing our workforce by approximately 15% today across our Business…

Pretty simple one this: are we significantly undervaluing (or misvaluing) host-read advertising on podcasts? The thought for this short call-to-arms came when I was listening to Pivot, the New York magazine podcast hosted by tech veterans Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. At the opening of the most recent episode, I…

One of the things I’m most afraid of is leaving the future of technology (a.k.a. the future of civilisation) to technologists. There are very few places where a humanities degree is a useful qualification (I should know: I have a couple of them) but I’ve found it a helpful tool…

This blog first appeared on my newsletter, Future Proof. If you enjoy my writing here on Medium, please do subscribe (free, or paid) as it helps me do my writing here, there and everywhere. Subscribe. I’ve been feeling very nervous about artificial intelligence. This is not because it is currently…

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Twitter has a revenue problem, and that problem is about to become your problem. Elon Musk, the site’s new owner and a man thrashing about in the oceanic depths looking for a life raft, has announced that the legacy verification system is ending in April. …

I can’t pinpoint exactly the moment when I started to fear technology. It might have been the first time an AI forced my entire professional career to flash before my eyes, but it might have been earlier. As someone working in digital media, I’ve been conscious of a hunger within…