What Were We Thinking? The Top 10 Most Dangerous Ads
Often the criticism of vintage ads focuses on their inherent sexism, racism, or other displays of social prejudices, which we find laughable today, despit...
1960s Tech Commercial
Is the online advertising bubble finally starting to pop?
I started calling online advertising a bubble in 2008. I made “The Advertising Bubble” a chapter in The Intention Economy in 2012. I’ve been unpacking what I figure ought to be ob…
What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.
The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business.
A leading American newspaper enters a new era.
Blendle: A radical experiment with micropayments in journalism, 365 days later
One year of journalism without subscriptions, without ads and without clickbait
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed.
The $2.43 Billion Question: Podcast Advertising in 2024
An immersive data story exploring podcast advertising trends and the breaking point where ads drive audiences away.
Push journalism vs. pull journalism
Let's experiment with making news products so relevant that people pull them into their lives
The Birth of the Attention Economy
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.
We can have a different web
Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
News/Media Alliance Statement on Changes to Meta Commercial Terms of Use | News/Media Alliance
"Meta's new commercial terms of use are outrageous and probably illegal."
Newspapers with a partisan aim filling the void of traditional media
As independent local papers collapse, a new industry is being fueled by ideological donors seeking to further political agendas.
