Mediabistro covers career trends in media, marketing, and creative industries.
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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...
Big Tech Is Hiring Writers Now. No, Really.
Once upon a time…
…in the fluorescent-lit fiefdoms of Corporate America, there lived a somewhat peculiar, somewhat misunderstood tribe known as “Storytellers.”
These mythic creatures were easy to spot, for they spoke not like most men, bu...
The WGA settled. Now the real fight begins.
Organized labor in the entertainment industry functions a lot like that annoying relative no one wants to invite to family gatherings - tolerable when it’s time to brag about “supporting the creative community,” but that welcome quickly wea...
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I'm not a player, I just blog a lot.
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)
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