Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel joins the show to discuss how a publisher reliant on search traffic is back in growth mode, the future of the affiliate business, the impact of generative AI on traffic-dependent publishing businesses, why performance comes before premium in advertising strategies and that time Prince played the Webby Awards.
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Alex wants to burn the ad industry down
Publishing is a perpetual hackathon
The new media interface
Uniqueness, differentiation and building the next media brand
The state of optimism, was Steve Jobs a psychopath and the coming bumper sticker renaissance.
How we make decisions
Death of the Racket: 2023 Winners and Losers
Brian goes to CES and AI freakouts
Death of the Link
The 2023 Expectation Reset
People vs Platforms
People vs AI
The disappointments of the open web
Extremely hard core reality checks
Bad week for billionaire geniuses
Transitional Times
Catastrophism and media
Is AI coming for your job?
Zuck's metaverse, AI art, the future of work
Ephemeral media
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Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Darknet Diaries