Alex Schleifer

3 weeks ago | peoplevsalgorithms.com | Troy Young |Brian Morrissey |Alex Schleifer

POD: Media, narratives, markets with Nick Denton, EP 138. Gawker Media founder Nick Denton joins the show to discuss how narratives and memes run the world, and why it’s better to trade on them than run the old media playbook of the attention economy. Apple | Spotify | other podcast platforms.Watch PvA on YouTube.Out everyFriday AM. Too long… Read in the browser. PVA CONVERSATIONTROY: I know Nick Denton is doing heavy rounds right now, but I really wanted to have him on the podcast.

Aug 15, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Troy Young |Brian Morrissey |Alex Schleifer

This week, we discuss conversations vs interviews, why social networking has been replaced by algorithmic content, YouTube’s pivotal role in the emerging media space, and why the Olympics were a great media product.

Jan 18, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Troy Young |Brian Morrissey |Alex Schleifer

This week we talk CES, the ongoing silliness of the Bill Ackman-Business Insider feud, and why news aggregation apps are the obvious solution in search of a (monetizable) problem. Troy Young's People vs Algorithms newsletterBrian Morrissey's The Rebooting newsletterAlex Schleifer's Universal EntitiesFollow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter

Sep 21, 2023 | podcasts.apple.com | Troy Young |Brian Morrissey |Alex Schleifer

Most of the challenges facing media come down to misaligned incentives. Publishers face a bad set of options to serve the competing interests of advertisers and the audience while keeping the lights on. The horror show of UK news sites is a sign of things to come. Publishers and platforms have long had misaligned incentives, as games studios are belatedly finding out, while companies are struggling to balance the incentives of workers, management and shareholders.