Simon Owens LinkedIn Posts

Mark Thompson has a delicate balancing act ahead of him -- he can't jeopardize the lucrative cable TV product that provides CNN with

This is a great investigation into a popular podcaster and YouTuber who embellished his credentials to build his following.

Huge podcast deals haven't gone away. They're now just going to the shows that have already built huge, loyal audiences.

This is a good interview with Semafor's media reporter, who's become a go-to source for breaking news of industry layoffs.

A decade ago, Time Inc bought a successful car-enthusiast YouTube channel but didn't know what to do with, so it died a slow

"Within the first 100 days of its launch, Sanity broke into Substack’s top-paid health-related newsletters — the only non-western name on their list

It's amazing that such a simple tool had such a large impact, paving the way for the newsletter resurgence. Tinyletter walked so Substack

This is a fantastic profile of Janice Min, the CEO of The Ankler. It has some amazing quotes about what it was like

For most of Instagram’s existence, it wasn’t thought of as a platform for distributing news, but a growing number of media entrepreneurs have

Some people have concluded that Vice's collapse was due to its over-reliance on digital advertising, but that lets its executives off too easy.

An interesting look at how a daily business newsletter in Canada sells ads

This piece makes a good point that most AI-generated content spam probably won't make any money, but there will always be plenty of

I'm extremely unsympathetic to the idea that publishers are somehow harming democracy by erecting paywalls. At some point consumers need to understand that

There’s this saying that “those who can’t do, teach,” but Jeremy Caplan actually practices what he preaches. By day, he instructs on entrepreneurial

I would love to know how many monthly active users are consuming content on Substack Notes. "In the past 30 days, Notes has

I actually think this rule applies to pretty much all media outlets, not just nonprofits: "If you've seen one nonprofit news organization, you've

Most media nonprofits can't support themselves on small-donor donations alone. The Intercept likely alienated large donors by taking such an anti-establishment stance. Rich

YouTuber Emma Chamberlain launched her own coffee brand in 2019, and it's estimated to generate $20 million in annual sales.

“Is the reason nobody watches cable news anymore because it’s on ‘cable television,’ or because people no longer have a need to watch

It wasn't that long ago that Bon Appetit was considered to be one of the most innovative brands in the legacy magazine space,