Simon Owens

One of the reasons the Creator Economy is becoming so huge is because so many creators aren't tied to traditional media business models. https://t.co/BjTIVhVR2n

The Wall Street Journal has gradually built out a stable of what are essentially networking groups for executives, some costing as much as $25,000 a year to join. It's kind of like a mix of a Davos-lite and a trade organization. https://t.co/ZHsqBkKISz

Paid podcasts are probably close to being a billion dollar industry -- Patreon alone is paying podcasters $472 million a year -- and yet legacy publishers have only recently experimented with putting podcasts behind a paywall. https://t.co/yoaHbhqvGU

So about 10% of visitors are using methods to get around a paywall. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Just because someone gets past a paywall doesn't mean they produce no value. https://t.co/QzxETW5sqi

It's always great to see another worker-owned media outlet out in the wild and even cooler that these journalists were able to take ownership over the website they were working for. https://t.co/P3DDY6mLx3

Hollywood streamers consistently face a conundrum when it comes to international markets: try to expand their streaming services into a particular country or simply license content to the already-existing broadcasters in that country? https://t.co/YCeG95gyKL

It's widely known that YouTube dominates the streaming market; not only does it beat out every traditional Hollywood studio, but is market share is only continuing to grow. https://t.co/uZtii2PcOF

Mubi started out merely as a streaming app that licensed obscure indie films and catered to cinephiles, but it's now financing its own films and reached a $1 billion valuation. https://t.co/y2VVE5x5wb

In terms of terrible media moguls, I think David Zaslav tops the list, but Shari Redstone is giving him a run for his money. https://t.co/RwL837KzQA

Over the last half decade, Texas became the country's epicenter for bitcoin mining, but its rural citizens are beginning to question why these mines are receiving huge tax abatements while simultaneously sucking away precious water resources and energy. https://t.co/8v6nTDOuh1

Substack is becoming an alternative platform for publishing both short and serialized fiction, with even some big name authors setting up camp there. https://t.co/Y4gBowLNk1

The podcast company Sonoro launched in 2020 with a relatively simple thesis: that there were very few media companies geared toward the 62 million Latinos within the US. https://t.co/2weCVCmX4a

Cartoon Network used to be a mecca for aspiring animators and a reliable profit driver within the company now known as Warner Bro Discovery, but CEO David Zaslav gutted the division. https://t.co/RgXHMWXsIy

I highly doubt a standalone streaming app will drive much revenue for CNN. Right now the channel serves as mostly ambient television for people flipping through cable channels, and I have a hard time believing consumers will navigate to a CNN-branded app https://t.co/IkcTjiOUGX

My prediction is the launch of ESPN's full-service app will be the final nail in the coffin for the cable bundle, and we'll see a rapid acceleration of cord cutting. That acceleration will have all sorts of downstream effects. https://t.co/sasIUABWxZ

Cocomelon started out as a YouTube channel, then got adapted into a hit Netflix series, and now is being developed into a theatrically-released feature film. https://t.co/0DPOX0Udm7

I think it's a really interesting experiment that the owner of several NYC-based sports teams and events venues is also building out its own NYC-based media company. https://t.co/PABZvhV7WT