The Mediator explores the structural changes reshaping the media industry and what they mean for the media business, culture, and society. I try to get at the why, not just the what.
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When Antitrust Backfires
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I am not a lawyer. I don’t play one on TV. I also have no dog in the fight, other than some friends who work at Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). But I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about the stru...
Coordination is King
The Next Battle in Media Is Over Who Controls the Moment of Choice
At least once during every Viacom earnings call, the late Sumner Redstone would intone “content is king” in his thick, Bostonian accent.
Shifting Sands in Cannes
Questions That Should've Been Asked
I went to my first Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last month. If you’re prone to FOMO, I don’t recommend it. It’s impossible not to feel like you’re missing out. Countless panels and t...
Media Mental Model
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If you’re a student of anything that could be considered a system (like companies, industries, ecosystems, value chains, markets, networks, economies, culture, or geopolitics), you probably have a model of it in your...
Are You a Skeuomorph or a Neumorph?
Why the Greatest Hope for the Entertainment Business is New Applications of GenAI
This essay expands on a talk I gave at Artist and the Machine The AI & Creativity Summit last month.
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Independent Advisor and Consultant, Senior Advisor BCG. Former: Chief Strategy Officer Turner (WarnerMedia), head of IR Time Warner, Institutional Investor ranked Wall Street media analyst.
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