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David Lidsky

New York

Executive Editor at The Ankler

Ginger's dad. Deputy editor, Fast Company. Ice-cream maker. The pic is of my dog Moxie with a candy cigarette, not my daughter.

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  • 1 week ago | theankler.com | David Lidsky

    It was a media dream team mash-up on Friday in New York when Janice Min was interviewed by Ben Smith onstage at the New York Times’ Times Center in front of 400 guests at the sold-out Newsletter Conference.

  • 2 weeks ago | theankler.com | David Lidsky

    In the end, jobs and the people in them are what make the world go ’round. And we know that few things are of higher value than understanding the job market right now in this changing industry and where you fit in. Following Elaine Low’s Creative Exec Survival Guide a few weeks back, Lesley Goldberg and Natalie Jarvey both delivered must-read pieces this week for paid subscribers that hit home.

  • 3 weeks ago | theankler.com | David Lidsky

    Happy Easter and/or last day of Passover. In my blended family, we have adopted the portmanteau Eastover. Really proud of the team this week in delivering perspective you won’t read anywhere else. A few highlights: Elaine Low was inspired by a job posting for a creative exec to bring much-needed clarity to what you really do in those roles — and how to get them and how to keep them.

  • 1 month ago | theankler.com | David Lidsky

    What happened in Vegas this week. . . was a series of amazing conversations curated by The Ankler in partnership with NAB Show for the conference’s first-ever Business of Entertainment track. Our programming kicked off last Sunday with Reel AI columnist Erik Barmack and producer David S.

  • 1 month ago | theankler.com | David Lidsky

    Our team crushed itthis week, from Lesley Goldberg’s spicy and substantive report on Jen Salke’s removal at Amazon and the Prime Video mess left behind to Erik Barmack’s clarion call to Hollywood about OpenAI’s brazen IP theft now producing knockoff versions of everything from The Simpsons to Studio Ghibli. And it was cool to see several top studio execs hop onto Richard Rushfield and Sean McNulty’s fun and smart Substack Live after CinemaCon’s final presentation.

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David Lidsky
David Lidsky @davidlidsky
11 Feb 24

which #PuppyBowl ads were good dogs and which 💩 on the rug? I watched and have your definitive take: https://t.co/VroCbHj5Yu

David Lidsky
David Lidsky @davidlidsky
30 Jan 24

I won't use the three words everyone uses with job news but yes, I am leaving @FastCompany to join @TheAnkler as executive editor. Incredibly excited to join this team while obviously sad to leave my FC friends [P.S. not me in the photo with @janicemin 😀] https://t.co/ODV8StajVk

David Lidsky
David Lidsky @davidlidsky
16 Sep 23

Just got my copy of @jackallisonLOL & @godkatesusall’s Kill the Rich! Thrilled to have it in hand. Equally delighted by the @FastCompany interview with the authors by @JoeBerkowitz. Check it out for smart takes on billionaires, then buy the book! https://t.co/Iw0KsK7qp7 https://t.co/AD0ibSe0br