Essential reads on AI, SEO and Bluesky | Continue reading
A little more conversation, a little less promotion, please | Continue reading
The relationship between Trump and other users of his social media platform Truth Social is interesting, and not a little alarming. | Continue reading
We have a great new tool. We just have to learn to use it properly… | Continue reading
For an industry so obsessed with news, why are we so reluctant to cover new things? | Continue reading
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend… | Continue reading
Nowhere does the heroic myth of the founder look more tarnished than in the tattered remnants of the Facebook creator's reputation. | Continue reading
Lots of good stuff to read – and think about – over the weekend | Continue reading
The simplicity of the in-box is a thing of the past. Can we handle categorisation? | Continue reading
The latest annual issue from our MA Magazine journalism students | Continue reading
We're labouring under the illusion that the public trust us. Time to wake up. | Continue reading
More research showing just how wary audiences are of AI being used in journalism | Continue reading
A moment's silence for one of the great 2010s journalism innovators | Continue reading
How money from the slave trade is still influencing British politics — and the inside story of the people in Facebook that ended up upending society. | Continue reading
And it looks like some of mine were in there. | Continue reading
Print doesn't have to die for digital to win. | Continue reading
Apple tried to make AI a personal answer engine. It failed. It's a warning to all businesses. | Continue reading
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook | Continue reading
If you haven't heard of ActivityPub yet, now might be the time to start paying attention | Continue reading
LLMs are, in essence, guessing machines. They work by determining what’s probably the answer. And that means they’re great for ideas — and terrible for facts. | Continue reading
A new season of OM&HB is coming your way. And this might be the most interesting time to be writing about media in the two decades I've been posting here. | Continue reading
More bonus links for my students, with a distinct MAGA world theme… | Continue reading
Internet culture has infected and mutated mainstream culture — and the shitposters have the reins of power. Meme journalism used to be a joke. Now it's a necessity. | Continue reading
Following the diktats of the MemeMan get much harder under the harsh eye of parliamentary scrutiny. | Continue reading
For your amusement and edification as you sip your coffee | Continue reading
Some links, mainly for my Audience Strategy students - but of possible interest to others. | Continue reading
Beehiiv is going to give journalists financial support. Those who don't remember history are doomed to etc etc etc | Continue reading
A new genre of fiction is filling up the bestseller lists. And guess what's putting it there? | Continue reading
Five pieces worth your times — and quotes that show you why. | Continue reading
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users. | Continue reading
Some insights into newsletter strategy, based on unanswered questions from a Smartocto webinar | Continue reading
The five most read posts of last year were very concerned with audience, the fate of WordPress — and a long gone lads' mag. | Continue reading
Which posts caught your attention last year? The bottom half of the top 10 is all about the decline of Twitter and Facebook, and the rise of AI slop. | Continue reading
Building an audience is a skilful dance, combining numbers, instinct — and good, old-fashioned conversations. | Continue reading
If you're taking about audience growth in journalism, you might be forgetting a crucial, human element in the process. | Continue reading
The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem… | Continue reading
The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack | Continue reading
Musk's close alignment with the new US President-elect has triggered a new exodus from X — with many communities heading for Bluesky. Will this be the tipping point for the new network? | Continue reading
In the wake of the shock election news from the US, a provocation for the future of journalism. | Continue reading
More gems from the published archive, looking at the problem with media innovation, and the first real meme… | Continue reading
There's got to be something. Maybe an election somewhere? | Continue reading
More interesting reading and viewing culled from a long list of unpublished posts. | Continue reading
And are we wordsmiths doomed to be replaced by the video stars? | Continue reading
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit. | Continue reading
Now research suggests podcasting is mainstream, in the UK at least. Plus a PR over-reaches, and the debate about teens and social media | Continue reading
The latest news from the intersection of AI, journalism, and techbro hype. | Continue reading
The Sun's starting to gate its content, and local news is putting up a paywall. No, this isn't a post from 2014 — this is happening now. | Continue reading
The links I should have shared, the posts I should have written… | Continue reading