Mediabistro covers career trends in media, marketing, and creative industries.
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Mediabistro Weekly Drop: The Boom and Bust Edition
There’s a pretty strong chance that the box office this weekend will be captured by an animated film about a band of misfit toys gripped by the fear of being rendered obsolete by digital devices. This is likely either the most ironically se...
Mediabistro Weekly Drop: Original Cast Recording Edition
There’s exactly one mass medium left that you can’t pause, can’t skip, can’t run at 1.5x while you clear your inbox, doesn’t get interrupted by ads, and has never raised a monthly subscription fee (annual or package, that’s a whole other st...
Mediabistro Week Drop: Trend Cycle Edition
I’ve been told by experienced fashion professionals (or, more accurately, a Sex and the City voiceover) that if you work in the industry long enough, you stop seeing the clothes. Not in any poetic, above-it-all sense (more like how someone...
Is vibe coding the next media career move?
Yeah, we know what you’re thinking: this newsletter is supposed to be focused on media and entertainment careers, but for some reason, this entire edition is about “vibe coding.” But here’s the thing - it’s becoming increasingly difficult t...
Mediabistro Weekly Drop: The Writers Block Edition
Books are pretty boring. This is likely part of their charm. In a fragmented media landscape predicated on multi-device viewing and information overload, books are wonderfully anachronistic.
Unlike apps, streamers or interactive media, boo...
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Media industry job board and career site
I write and think about tech, hiring, and creative work in this age of AI. I’m the CEO of @Mediabistro and have spent the last decade building media and workforce platforms.
National politics editor, career adviser and adjunct at Georgetown University, creator of Your First Byline (http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com)
I'm not a player, I just blog a lot.
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