Simon Owens

Amelia Earhart was woefully unprepared for the round-the-world flight that ultimately killed her, and the blame for her death can be placed largely on her husband, who pushed her into taking insane risks in an effort to generate fame and money. https://t.co/n7GqUWFYOZ

We're coming up relatively soon on the two-year anniversary of Mark Thompson taking over CNN, and he's yet to make any radical shifts to usher the network into its post-cable future. https://t.co/TV8DahAZ8d

It's good that this is quickly becoming the default move for journalists who decamp from their mainstream media employers -- either voluntarily or otherwise. https://t.co/wl35636TS2

This is a cool example of a traditional streamer building a bridge into the Creator Economy. There's a pretty big financial gap between producing a short film for, say, YouTube and developing a full feature movie. https://t.co/YWWN46W1E4

For all the theorizing about why Apple decided to get into TV and film when the economics don't seem to add up, I think the company's real reason is fairly simple: It's fun to work with famous celebrities. https://t.co/gQU6QtaaKQ

I think what Reach is doing here by giving individual reporters their own Substacks is smart. https://t.co/d1KWdO77zB

Over the course of my life, I've found that the people most obsessed with IQ scores are generally the most unpleasant in our society to be around. https://t.co/TMuZiKJu8e

Patients in critical need of medical care they can't afford are now regularly offered a lifeline: a special credit card that's been approved for the exact amount they owe for the procedure. https://t.co/LPUvgwNYY7

An Algerian hazelnut spread that became a viral sensation in France suddenly found itself banned from the country for what some claimed were anti-competitive and xenophobic reasons. https://t.co/xryouUnds1

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One of the fastest rising genres in scripted entertainment is called a "microdrama." It's basically a serialized story told in 60-second installments. ReelShort, the leading app for microdramas, has over 1,000 employees and north of $1 billion in revenue. https://t.co/u8aHJZCpyk

I guess I just don't understand why the media companies that keep rolling out these products haven't learned by this point that AI tools have no ability to discern fact from fiction. https://t.co/4XIn2n8uCd

This is smart: a newly launched studio is partnering with up-and-coming shortform video creators to launch longform video shows on YouTube. The studio handles most of the production and in exchange gets 50% IP ownership of the channel. https://t.co/9wtPDeUDc2

Generally, I'm in favor of media outlets diversifying their business models by selling non-media products, though this strategy usually works best when there's some synergy between the content and the product. https://t.co/6YEmFSJIu5

From the moment David Zaslav took the reins at WBD, it's been in decline, and all his major moves since then have been focused on managing that decline so that the company avoids complete implosion and continues to throw off profits. https://t.co/WGOGlmZy7l

If there's any silver lining to this, I hope it's that media companies stop devoting so many resources to creating content specifically geared toward Google searches. https://t.co/gj0YZggmPO

This does feel like an inflection point for the Creator Economy; my prediction is creator-produced media will become increasingly indistinguishable from traditional media as creators are able to invest larger budgets into their content production. https://t.co/R81xZs70MI