Independent creators are building sustainable media businesses — one newsletter at a time.

The popularization of the term “slop” for AI output follows a centuries-long pattern where new tools flood the zone, audiences adapt and some of tomorrow’s art emerges from today’s excess

Facing repeated layoffs and traffic declines, Business Insider turns its back on the aggregation business it pioneered.

As we enter a new era in 2026, where AI is no longer a novel concept but an expected presence across every technological touchpoint in our day-to-day lives, design is shifting its focus away from the flawless and the uniform – the robotic – and towards raw emotion, tactile textures, and human personality.

Short article about a Netflix UX mobile update

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)—the art of making content discoverable by AI search engines—has become essential as tools like ChatGPT now reach hundreds of millions of users each week. Public relations teams must ensure their stories are not only published but also cited as credible sources by AI systems.

The move represents the latest shake-up in a shifting corporate media landscape.

As film and TV production plummets elsewhere, the Garden State is rolling out the red carpet for companies like Netflix

No longer at the margins writing press releases, communications chiefs are making millions as they drive product strategy and report directly to their CEOs

Advertiser spending on streaming is projected to hit $20 billion by 2029, as consumers flock to cheaper ad-supported plans

Some of the most promising young filmmakers in the movie business are arriving in Hollywood already experts at entertaining audiences and going viral.

For years, creators were on the fringes at Creative Artists Agency, a Hollywood talent behemoth. Now the agency is putting them center stage.

Social listening has become a vital function for brand awareness, content strategy, and marketing campaign planning. It captures essential human truth and relevant conversations in an increasingly complex, multimedia digital world.

Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.

With media megamergers, acquisitions and spin-offs left and right, the pace of change in the media landscape is difficult to keep up with.

Agentic search will, at least in theory, spell doom for many of the billions of sites on the open web, and usher in a strange back-end micropayment marketplace where agents trade commissions piecemeal. But is that theory undervaluing the power of people and the publishers who know how to connect with them?

Will Fox's Roku Buy Help Lachlan Murdoch Leapfrog Rivals in Streaming Wars?

Larry Bushart sued a Tennessee sheriff who claimed he wanted to incite hysteria with a post after Mr. Kirk’s killing and jailed him for 37 days.

Liz Kelly Nelson, founder of Project C, on Gen Z news habits, platform-driven journalism, and why independent voices are gaining ground